Something consequent happens as a result of a particular event or situation. The factory closes, and the consequent loss of jobs hurts the town; the storm comes, and the consequent flooding stops the trains.

Something consequent happensConsequent 的東西發生 as a result of a particular event or situation是因為某個特定事件或情況而發生的結果。The factory closes工廠關了，and the consequent loss of jobs hurts the town隨之而來的失業傷害了這個小鎮；the storm comes暴風雨來了，and the consequent flooding stops the trains隨之而來的淹水讓火車停駛。

It is a formal, written adjective — news, essays, reports. In ordinary talk people say resulting, the extra, or just use so / because of that.

It is a formal, written adjective它是一個正式、書面的形容詞——news, essays, reports用在新聞、論說文、報告裡。In ordinary talk people say日常說話時人們會說 resulting, the extraresulting、the extra，or just use so / because of that或直接用 so／because of that。

You will hear the noun consequences far more than this adjective.

You will hear the noun consequences你聽到名詞 consequences 的機會 far more than this adjective會比這個形容詞多得多。

There is also a specialist use in logic (the “then” part of an if–then), but the sense you need first is this everyday-formal one: following as a result.

There is also a specialist use in logic邏輯學裡也有一個專門的用法 (the "then" part of an if–then)（if–then 裡「then」的那一部分），but the sense you need first is但你最先該掌握的是 this everyday-formal one這個日常又偏正式的意思：following as a result因而發生。

It does not mean “important” or “big,” even if a similar-looking word in another language does.

It does not mean "important" or "big,"它不是「重要」或「大」的意思，even if a similar-looking word in another language does就算另一個語言裡長得很像的字是這個意思也一樣。