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- following as a result or effect作为结果的, 由…而起的; 随之发生的：
the social problems of their pupils and their consequent educational difficulties
他们学生的社会问题和由此引起的教育难题
you've got a university place consequent on your exam results.
由于你的考试成绩, 你已被大学录取了。
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- Geology (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion【地质】（河流, 山谷）顺向的。
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- archaic logically consistent〈古〉逻辑上一致的; 合乎逻辑的。
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- Logic the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent【逻】后件, 推断。
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- Music the second or imitating voice or part in a canon【乐】答题, 答句。
词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequent- 'overtaking, following closely', from the verb consequi.