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after-effect

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈafter-efˌfect British English, aftereffect American English /ˈɑːftərɪfekt $ ˈæf-/ ●○○ noun [countable usually plural]  RESULTa bad effect that continues for a long time after the thing that caused it 后效,后作用;副作用;后遗效应the after-effects (of something) the after-effects of his illness 他患病留下的后遗症
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after-effectFor instance, Piers's unforthcoming remark about avoiding love because he had once tasted it and it had left a bitter after-effect.The Boomtown Rats have exploded out of the country, but there is little lingering after-effect.Pooley, taking this to be some after-effect of his discovery, shuddered briefly and tried to make himself heard.Or was that just the after-effect of mysterious little noises in the night?He felt sick: the after-effect of the drug, and his face throbbed where Ellwood had hit him.
ˈafter-efˌfect nounChineseSyllable
a a long continues effect after that bad Corpus for the time


after-effect
ˈafter-efˌfect British English, af‧ter‧ef‧fect American English /ˈɑːftərɪfekt $ ˈæf-/ noun [countable usually plural]
a bad effect that continues for a long time after the thing that caused it
    the after-effects (of something)
    the after-effects of his illness


after-effectBrE /ˈɑːftər ɪfekt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæftər ɪfekt/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] the after-effects of a drug, an illness or an unpleasant event are the feelings that you experience later as a result of it (药物的)后效应,后作用;(疾病、不快事情的)后遗症,不良后果