corollary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈkɔɹəˌlɛɹi/|/kɔˈɹoʊˌlɛɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
  2. An a fortiori occurrence, as a result of another effort without significant additional effort.
    — Finally getting that cracked window fixed was a nice corollary of redoing the whole storefront.
  3. A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.
    — We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.
形容词 adj.
  1. Occurring as a natural consequence or result; attendant; consequential. not-comparable
    — However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers who are obliged to navigate an often time-consuming and complex series of administrative requirements and corollary review processes in order to be granted ethics clearance.
  2. Forming a proposition that follows from one already proved. not-comparable,rare

词形变化

corollaries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
corollarial corollarily corollary relief subcorollary

词源

词源 1
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
词源 2
From Middle English, from Late Latin corōllārium (“money paid for a garland; gift, gratuity, corollary; consequence, deduction”), from corōlla (“small garland”), diminutive of corōna (“crown”).
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