resultant

adjective
🔊/rɪˈzʌltənt/
🔊/rɪˈzʌltənt/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. caused by the thing that has just been mentioned因而发生的;因此而产生的
    • the growing economic crisis and resultant unemployment不断加剧的经济危机以及由此而产生的失业
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    • The resultant chemical structure is flexible.由此产生的化学结构比较灵活多变。
    • We deplore the use of force and the resultant loss of life.我们谴责使用武力和由此造成的生命损失。
    • lower taxation and the resultant increase in spending降低税收并因此增加支出
    • the war and the resultant loss of life战争及其造成的生命损失
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the adjectival sense): from Latin resultant- ‘springing back’, from the verb resultare ‘to result’, earlier in the sense ‘spring back’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + saltare (frequentative of salire ‘to jump’).