fallout

英 [ˈfɔːlaʊt]

美 [ˈfɔːlaʊt]

n.  (核爆炸后的)放射性坠尘; 后果; 余波

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.22882 / COCA.9133

牛津词典

noun

• （核爆炸后的）放射性坠尘
  dangerous radioactive dust that is in the air after a nuclear explosion
• 后果；余波
  the bad results of a situation or an action

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 核辐射
  Falloutis the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place.
  1. They were exposed to radioactive fallout during nuclear weapons tests.
     在核武器试验中他们暴露在放射性尘埃之下。
• N-UNCOUNT 余波;后果
  If you refer to thefallout fromsomething that has happened, you mean the unpleasant consequences that follow it.
  1. Grundy lost his job in the fallout from the incident.
     格伦迪受该事件影响丢了工作。

英英释义

noun

• any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
  1. a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
  Synonym:side effect
• the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
  Synonym:radioactive dust

双语例句

• Radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster contaminated the reindeer feeding grounds in northern scandinaia.
  从切尔诺贝利灾祸中泄漏出的放射性尘埃污染了北斯堪的纳维亚驯鹿的觅食地。
• The fallout has squeezed credit and made it harder even for banks to borrow.
  连带影响是信贷受到了挤压，银行贷款更为困难。
• There will be much fallout in financial markets over the next few weeks and even more uncertainty.
  这将在未来几周对金融市场产生很大的连带影响，甚至带来更多的不确定性。
• There will be systemic fallout from the Lehman bankruptcy, however.
  然而，雷曼兄弟的破产将带来系统性影响。
• Fear and uncertainty spread faster and farther than any nuclear fallout.
  与任何核辐射相比，恐惧与惶惑的传播速度更快，范围更远。
• This ash soil, the fallout mud dust.
  这灰落尘入土，成泥成尘。
• But signs are emerging in other OPEC countries that energy projects could get caught in the financial fallout.
  但其他欧佩克国家已经出现了能源项目可能遭受金融危机冲击的迹象。
• The political fallout is not my first concern.
  政治上附带的结果不是我最关注的。
• Part of the fallout relates directly to subprime exposure or to structured credit instruments.
  部分结果直接与次级证券或结构性信贷工具有关。
• The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind.
  经济副作用已经开始了，政治副作用可能也不远了。