Upshot

(n.) Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

杰西整理

• The teachers, animated solely by good intentions, had no idea of execution, and a lamentable jumble was the upshot of their kind endeavours. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But the upshot is, she gets up glorious dinners, makes superb coffee; and you must judge her as warriors and statesmen are judged, _by her success_. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He was mighty learned about the case, to me; but the upshot of his opinion was, that the carrier was making his last journey rather fast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The upshot of which, was, to smash this witness like a crockery vessel, and shiver his part of the case to useless lumber. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• All the while, the steamer's lights moved spectrally a very little, as she lay-to, waiting the upshot of whatever accident had happened. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

珍妮整理