每日单词：upshot
upshot /'ʌpʃɒt/
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外刊例句
The upshot was that when models were on glossy leaves such as holly and ivy they were indeed much harder to spot—some thing presumably true of real beetles as well. So, in this species at least, iridescence really does act as cryptic colouration. As long as a beetle choos the right leaf to perch on.
结果是，当模型放在像冬青树和常春藤的有光泽的叶子上时，他们确实很难被发现——这可能也适用于真正的甲虫。所以，只要甲虫选择合适的叶子栖息，至少在这个物种中，彩虹色确实可以当做隐藏色。
——《经济学人》
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基本释义
The upshot of a ries of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result.
uniformlyn. 结果；结局
datat追根溯源
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单词upshot本来并不是“结果，结局”之意，而是表示射箭比赛中的“最后一射”。它是由up和名词shot合成，其中up含有“末尾”或“结尾”之意，近似于The time is up（时间到了）中up的含义。
17世纪，莎翁在《哈姆雷特》结尾的部分就用到了这个词：So shall you hear ... Of deaths put on by cunning and forc'd cau; And, in this upshot, purpos mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads. （你们可以听到...借手杀人的狡计，以及陷人自害的结局。）其中，upshot就是“结果，结局”的意思。
同近义词
outcome: The outcome of an activity, process, or situation is the situation that exists at the end of it.（结果）
conquence: The conquences of something are the results or effects of it.（后果）雅安地震明星捐款
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