0 a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient -- （常指不好或不利的）結果，後果
Not making a will can have serious consequences for your children and other family members. 不立遺囑可能會給你的子女或者家庭其他成員帶來嚴重後果。
Scientists think it is unlikely that any species will actually become extinct as a consequence of the oil spill. 科學家們認為實際上不太可能會有甚麽物種因為石油洩漏而滅絕。
I told the hairdresser to do what she wanted to my hair, and look at the consequences! 我告訴理髮師就按她的想法來弄我的頭髮好了，可看看結果！
Well, if you insist on eating so much, you'll have to suffer/take (= accept and deal with) the consequences! 好吧，要是你堅持吃這麽多，你會自食其果的！
The accident was the inevitable consequence of carelessness.
The drought has had devastating consequences.
The government is trying to do more to educate the public about the consequences of drug abuse.
He always makes snap decisions and never thinks about their consequences.
The points of view of individual writers are as a consequence their own, and do not reflect the opinion of the editorial board.
In practice the pace of expenditure and deficit reduction was in advance of that planned and as a consequence tax relaxation was possible.
The abolitionist was, constitutionally speaking, neither officer nor prisoner and as a consequence may stand for the ordinary citizen - "society," the people at large.
