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Corollary Revealed Secret Describes Word 英 Kə'Rɒləri] 美 Kɔːrəleri

英语单词 corollary
英美音标 英 [kə'rɒləri] 美 ['kɔːrəleri]
中文释义 n.[数]系理;推论
英语例句 (1) Neither of them know about it, and the corollary of that is that someone else revealed the secret.
(2) Neither of them knew about it, and the corollary of that is that someone else revealed the secret.
中文例句 (1) 他们两人并不知道这回事,因此一定是另外有人泄露了秘密
(2) 他们两人并不知道这回事,因此一定是另外有人泄露了秘密。
vocabulary简明 Corollary describes a result that is the natural consequence of something else. You could say that your weight gain is a corollary of the recent arrival of a bakery across the street from your house.
vocabulary扩展 The noun corollary describes an action's consequence, such as having to study more, a corollary to getting a bad grade. The word is often seen with the prepositions “to” or “of," as in “a corollary to fortune is fame.” Math enthusiasts may already be familiar with the word corollary, which can be used more formally to describe a new proof or proposition that follows naturally from an established one.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]必然的想法(或结果);直接推论 A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
  [oft with poss]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime.

    政府决心打击暴力犯罪,直接导致了囚犯数量的增多。

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