释义
n.
(一般作repercussions)an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one
(尤指不受欢迎的)后果;影响
archaic the recoil of something after impact
〈古〉 弹回,反冲。
archaic an echo or reverberation
〈古〉 回响,回声。
易错必背词
词源
"late Middle English (as a medical term meaning ‘repressing of infection’): from Old French, or from Latin repercussio(n-), from repercutere ‘cause to rebound, push back', from re- ‘back, again' + percutere ‘to strike'. The early sense ‘driving back, rebounding' (mid 16th cent.) gave rise later to ‘blow given in return', hence sense 1 (early 20th cent.)."