每日一词学英语(87): upshot

以色列光照充足，所以太阳能技术大有可为。开发低成本、高效率的光电转换装置是科研人员的目标。（From The Economist, July 23, 2009: It's a knockout）

According to Amnon Leikovich, the firm’s boss, the upshot is a device that could already, if put into production, deliver electricity at only twice the cost of the stuff that comes out of a conventional power station.

noun [sing.] the final result of a series of events。 同义词：outcome 结果
*The upshot of it all was that he left college and got a job.