a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome
衍生结果,派生影响;后果
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any change is bound to have legal ramifications .任何变化必然会带来法律后果。
a subdivision of a complex structure or process perceived as comparable to a tree's branches
(复杂结构或过程的)分支,分叉;支流
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an extended family with its ramifications of neighbouring inlaws .包括近旁分支姻亲的大家族。
[mass noun]
〈正式或技〉 分枝(或分支)形成;分枝(或分支)排列。
" mid 17th cent.: from French, from ramifier form branches (see ramify)."