(pl. -ies)
1- a proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved推论; 推断。
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- a direct or natural consequence or result直接结论; 必然结果：
the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.
失业人数大大增加是减少支出的必然结果。
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- forming a proposition that follows from one already proved具有推论（或推断）性质的。
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- associated; supplementary关联的; 补充的; 辅助的。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin corollarium 'money paid for a garland chaplet; gratuity' （in late Latin 'deduction'）, from corolla, diminutive of corona 'wreath, crown, chaplet'.