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单词 catastrophic consequence
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catastrophic consequence

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catastrophic
adjective
uk
/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcatastrophic consequence

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One only gets this kind ofcatastrophicconsequenceif one uses computers and puts rubbish in and then gets rubbish out.
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One of the striking aspects of the report is thecatastrophicconsequenceon police-community relations of social and economic policies going wrong.
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A mistake with suchcatastrophicconsequenceto our country can not go rewarded.
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Those of 1987, 1988 and 1951 were ofcatastrophicconsequence.
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These failures need to be detected and predicted before they have catastrophic consequences.
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However, the reforms have not had the catastrophic consequences for the sector that some had initially predicted.
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This can have catastrophic consequences when the design process becomes committed to poor early decisions.
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The failure to ensure enough fuel for melting snow had catastrophic consequences.
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When the system is in the neighborhood of an unstable equilibrium, a small perturbation may have catastrophic consequences.
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The latter regime may be correlated with a large energy concentration in a small region that may cause catastrophic consequences.
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Because any action might have unforeseen catastrophic consequences, the action of carrying it out will be prohibited, and so will the action of not carrying it out.
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In a dynamic modeling scheme, this is a crucial issue, because modifying the behavior of the system for grammatical words is likely to have catastrophic consequences.
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But that does not deal with the sudden emergency situation which could have catastrophic consequences and raises the most serious issues of public safety.
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Failure would increase the already growing pressure for protectionism and the creation of inward-looking trade blocs, with catastrophic consequences for the developing world.
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This has put our truckers at a massive disadvantage, with catastrophic consequences for the industry.
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It is demonstrably untrue that catastrophic consequences will follow abolition.
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Tobacco is habit-forming and harmful to health, and it can have catastrophic consequences on the individual, costing society dearly in terms of health outlay.
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This one might call a purely benevolent contrivance to save the parties from the catastrophic consequences of not serving the notice in time.
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Let us take the reactor pressure vessel which, if it fails, would have catastrophic consequences.
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collateral consequences

collocation in English

meaningsofcollateralandconsequence

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collateral
adjective
uk
/kəˈlæt.ər.əl/us
/kəˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
connected but less important, or of the same family although not ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofcollateralandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcollateral consequences

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Acollateralconsequencemay simply be one that is beyond the scope of consideration.
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Two factors therefore predominate in the rationale for excluding ex-prisoners from employment: risk assessment and collateral consequences.
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Such ramifications are known as the collateral consequences of criminal charges.
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Instead, they are civil state actions and are referred to as collateral consequences.
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Scalia also saw no logical stopping point to a holding that requires counsel to give advice about collateral consequences of a conviction.
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Communities also suffer collateral consequences, including lower percentages of community members who participate in the political process if disfranchised by this means.
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The collateral consequences are runoff from the farm being distributed in the nearby river, or enhanced absorption of carbon dioxide by the new foliage.
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Being subject to collateral consequences has been called a form of civil death.
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The collateral consequences of criminal conviction are not the same as the social consequences of conviction.
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Most states do not accord much legal effect to the collateral consequences of criminal convictions.
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The focus of this initial conference was to gain a better understanding of collateral consequences of criminal charges.
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Collateral consequences, in this example, are related to the economic concept of externalities.
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This clinic is currently engaged in building a community resource to understand the collateral consequences of criminal charges.
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Such effects are known as the collateral consequences of criminal charges.
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Increasingly, there is also a recognition that collateral consequences of criminal charges may result from the sentence that are not explicitly part of the sentence itself.
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