| 词组 | consequent |
| 释义 | consequent When consequent is used with a preposition, the preposition is usually on or upon: • The stillness consequent on the cessation of the rumbling and labouring of the coach —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 • The false perceptions of Mussolini ... were consequent upon Pound's wanting his epic to be actively engaged in the process of history —A. D. Moody, Times Literary Supp., 15 Aug. 1980 Consequent may also be followed by to, but that preposition appears far less frequently: • ... the subsequent disorders consequent to the diverse demands of internal factions —Current History, March 1937 |
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