result in VS result from

【语境展示】 仔细观察，看看划线部分是事情的原因还是结果？

1. The traffic accident resulted in three deaths.

2. Her injury resulted from a fall.

Key: 1. 结果 2. 原因

【及时点拨】 result 作为动词,可以构成短语"result in" (后接事情的结果)，意思为"导致，造成......"；短语"result from"(后接事情的原因)，意思为"作为......的结果"。

【拓展】 result 还可用作名词, 构成短语as a result 和as a result of。as a result在句中作状语，意思为"结果"； as a result of为介词短语，后接名词或动词-ing形式，意思为"作为......的结果"。试比较：

Tom got up too late in the morning. As a result, he missed the early bus.

汤姆早上起床太晚了，结果他错过了早班车。

He was late for work as a result of the heavy snow.

由于下大雪，他上班迟到了。

【小试】 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。

1. 昨天那起事故是由于粗心而造成的。

The accident yesterday ___________ carelessness.

2. 做事不先考虑常常会导致失败。

Acting before thinking often ____________ failure.

3. 我相信努力工作就能成功。

I believe hard work ___________ success.

4. 疾病的产生有时是因为吃得太多。

Sometimes sickness ____________ eating too much.

5. 他从楼梯上摔了下来，不能去工作。

He is unable to go to work ____________ the fall from the stairs.

Key: 1. resulted from 2. results in 3. results in

4. results from 5. as a result of