effect是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the result of a particular influence -- 效果；影響；結果

  • The radiation leak has had a disastrous effect on/upon the environment. 核輻射外泄給環境帶來了災難性的影響。

  • I tried taking tablets for the headache but they didn't have any effect. 我試著吃了幾顆藥片，但頭痛一點都沒有減輕。

  • I think I'm suffering from the effects of too little sleep. 我覺得我睡眠太少，健康受到了影響。

  • She has a lot of confidence, which she uses to good effect (= to her advantage) in interviews. 她很自信，在面試時她充分利用這一點，佔盡了優勢。

  • They had to wait ten minutes for the anaesthetic to take effect before they stitched up the cut. 他們不得不等了十分鐘，在麻醉藥起作用後才縫合傷口。

  • I get the impression that she uses bad language in meetings for effect. 我覺得她開會時說髒話是在故意引人注意。

  • So in effect the government have lowered taxes for the rich and raised them for the poor. 所以呢，實際上政府是為富人減了稅，而給窮人加了稅。

  • She said she was unhappy, or words to that effect. 她說了一些她很不幸福之類的話。

  • He said something to the effect that he would have to change jobs if the situation continued. 他話裡的意思是說，如果這種情況再持續下去，他將不得不換個工作。

• 1 use -- 使用；實行；生效

  • The present system of payment will remain in effect (= be used) until the end of the rental agreement. 在租期結束前，將會繼續採用現行的付款方式。

  • When do the new driving laws come into effect? 新的道路交通安全法規甚麽時候開始實施？

  • The new salary increases will take effect (= begin) from January onwards. 新的加薪標準將從一月份起正式實行。

• 2 lighting, sounds, and objects that are specially produced for the stage or a film and are intended to make something that does not exist seem real -- 特技效果

  • This is a movie worth seeing for its effects alone. 這部電影光憑其特技效果就值得一看。

• 3 a person's possessions, especially after their death -- （尤指死後遺留的）財産，財物，所有物

  • It says on the form that the insurance covers all personal effects. 表上寫明，所有個人財產都在該保險承保範圍之內。

• 4 to achieve something and cause it to happen -- 使發生；實現；完成

  • As a political party they are trying to effect a change in the way that we think about our environment. 作為一個政治黨派，他們正在試圖改變我們關於環境的觀念。