N-COUNT
（決定、計劃、事件產生的）后果，影響
The ramifications of a decision, plan, or event are all its consequences and effects, especially ones which are not obvious at first.
例句
The book analyses the social and political ramifications of AIDS for the gay community.
這本書分析了艾滋病給同性戀群體所帶來的社會和政治影響。