ramification

英 [ˌræmɪfɪ'keɪʃn] 美 [ˌræmɪfɪ'keɪʃn]

• n. 分叉；衍生物，后果；支流；结果

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of branching out or dividing into branches

2. a part of a forked or branching shape;

   "he broke off one of the branches"
   

3. a development that complicates a situation;

   "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
   

4. an arrangement of branching parts

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The structure-activity relationships of heterocyclic hypotensor and ramification are discussed in this paper.
   文章从结构与活性的角度分析了近年来国内外杂环类抗高血压药及其衍生物的构效关系。
2. At the same time the ramification of natural macromolecule had good compatibility which can promote the interface combination.
   与此同时，淀粉衍生物的相容性好，在通过空心玻璃微珠进行增强后，能形成良好的界面结合。

经典引文

• I couldn't quite take in this information whole, let alone consider its many possible ramifications.

  出自： J. D. Salinger

• The ramifications of aristocratic life.

  出自： A. Powell

近反义词

【近义词】

• complication 复杂
• difficulty 困难
• consequence 结果
• result 结果
• implication 牵连
• corollary [数］系理
• separation 分离
• effect 效应
• upshot 结果
• sequel 结局
• development 发展
• leg 腿
• fork 叉
• branching 分支
• forking 分叉
• branch 分部