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

• 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 political fallout is not my first concern.
  政治上附带的结果不是我最关注的。
• 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。
• The composition of the fallout can also be changed by "salting" the weapon to be detonated.
  如果在起爆武器中另加了料，那么沉降物的成分也就会有所改变。
• The economic'fallout'from real, actual nuclear fallout would be nothing short of devastating.
  不过如果爆发了大范围的核事故，那么这些分析和推测都将毫无价值。原子尘和核辐射带来的经济影响绝对是毁灭性的。
• But the fallout from a collapse in the mortgage and lending markets could shake fragile consumer confidence further.
  然而，抵押和贷款市场崩盘的影响，可能会进一步动摇本已脆弱的消费者信心。
• 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。
• Long-term damage from radioactive fallout, however.
  不过辐射性落尘导致的长期性伤害。
• This ash soil, the fallout mud dust.
  这灰落尘入土，成泥成尘。