RESULTa bad effect that continues for a long time after the thing that caused it 后效,后作用;副作用;后遗效应
the after-effects (of something)
the after-effects of his illness
他患病留下的后遗症
Examples from the Corpus
after-effect• For instance, Piers's unforthcoming remark about avoidinglove because he had once tasted it and it had left a bitterafter-effect.• The Boomtown Rats have exploded out of the country, but there is little lingeringafter-effect.• Pooley, taking this to be some after-effect of his discovery, shuddered briefly and tried to make himself heard.• Or was that just the after-effect of mysterious little noises in the night?• He felt sick: the after-effect of the drug, and his face throbbed where Ellwood had hit him.