upshot

upshot

英 ['ʌpʃɒt]
　　美 ['ʌpʃɑt]

n. 結果，結局；要點

中文詞源：

upshot 結局

來自射箭行話，最後一射，引申詞義結局。

例句：

1. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday.
結果是我們周五一起去吃午餐。

2. The upshot of it all was that he left college and got a job.
事情的結局是，他離開學院參加瞭工作。

3. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees.
結果是我們有很多優秀然而卻不太快樂的員工。

4. The upshot of the disagreement was that they broke up the partnership.
分歧造成的結局是,他們解除瞭合作關系.

5. What was the upshot of it all?
結果究竟怎樣瞭?