knock-on effect

短语

n. 撞击作用

词形变化

knock-on effects 复数 knock-on effects

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A secondary, often unintended effect; a repercussion, chain reaction.

    If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station.

    There are various knock-on effects [to the international boycott of the Palestinian government]. PA [Palestinian Authority] services, particularly health and education, have deteriorated sharply because of supply shortages and strikes by workers. Much of the time hospitals have been seeing only emergency cases.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 7

issue event effect result outcome consequence upshot

词源

knock-on + effect

来源：wiktionary