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词汇 effect
释义 effect
noun
uk /ɪˈfekt/ us /əˈfekt/

effectnoun (RESULT)


B1[ C or U ]
the result of a particular influence: 效果;影响;结果
effect on/uponThe radiation leak has had a disastrous effect on/upon the environment.核辐射泄漏给环境带来了灾难性的影响。
I tried taking tablets for the headache but they didn't have any effect.我试着吃了几片药,但头疼一点都没有减轻。
I think I'm suffering from the effects of too little sleep.我觉得我睡眠太少,健康受到了影响。
to good effectShe has a lot of confidence, which she uses to good effect (= to her advantage) in interviews.她很自信,在面试时她充分利用这一点,占尽了优势。
See also
aftereffect
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

the result of something
resultHis firing was a direct result of his refusal to follow the employment policies.
effectThe radiation leak has had a disastrous effect on the environment.
consequenceFailure to do proper safety checks may have serious consequences.
outcomeIt's too early to predict the outcome of the meeting.
upshotThe upshot of the discussions is that there will be no further redundancies.
end resultThe end result of these changes should be a more efficient system for dealing with complaints.
 take effect
C1
to produce or achieve the results you want: 起作用;产生效果
They had to wait ten minutes for the anaesthetic to take effect before they stitched up the cut.他们不得不等了10分钟,在麻醉剂起作用后才缝合伤口。
 for effect
If you say or do something for effect, you intentionally do it to shock people or attract their attention: 哗众取宠;耸人听闻
I get the impression that she uses bad language in meetings for effect.我觉得她开会时说脏话是在故意引人注意。
 in effect
C2
in fact, or in practice: 实际上;事实上
So in effect the government have lowered taxes for the rich and raised them for the poor.所以呢,实际上政府是为富人减了税,而给穷人加了税。
 to that effect(alsoto the effect that)
used to express that what you are reporting is only a short and general form of what was really said: 有…的意思;大意是…,意思是…
words to that effectShe said she was unhappy, or words to that effect.她说了一些她很不幸福之类的话。
Her words had a soothing effect.她的话起到了安慰的作用。
This drug may have the effect of speeding up your heart rate.这种药可能会使你心率加速。
I worry about the effect that violent movies may have on children.
Certain chemicals have been banned because of their damaging effect on the environment.一些化学品因对环境有破坏作用已被禁止使用。
It's important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.保护皮肤不受太阳的伤害是很重要的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Outcomes and consequences
adverse effect
adversely affected
aftereffect
aftermath
age
corollary
end result
exercise in something
fallout
first fruit
implication
ironic
irony
payoff
put something to bedidiom
ramification
repercussion
resultant
resultantly
éclat

effectnoun (USE)


C2[ U ]
use: 使用;利用
in effectThe present system of payment will remain in effect (= be used) until the end of the rental agreement.在租期结束前,将会继续采用现行的付款方式。
come into effectWhen do the new driving laws come into effect?新的道路交通安全法规什么时候开始实施?
take effectThe new salary increases will take effect (= begin) from January onwards.新的加薪标准将从1月份起正式实行。
Their movements have been severely limited since the laws came into effect.
Measures to reduce crime have yet to be put into effect.
The new law will come into effect early next year.
The new rates came into effect from January.
It remains to be seen whether the government will bring these recommendations into effect.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using and misusing
adopt
adoption
avail
avail yourself of something
be/go heavy on somethingidiom
exhaust
give/allow something full playidiom
go into something
go through
gobble something up
make capital out of somethingidiom
recycle
spare
swallow
tap
turn over
turn to someone/something
turn/use something to good accountidiom
unblock
underuse

effectnoun (THEATRE, ETC.)


 effects[ plural ](alsospecial effects)
B1
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.这部电影仅凭其特技效果就值得一看。

effectnoun (POSSESSIONS)


 effects[ plural ] law specialized
a person's possessions, especially after their death: (尤指死后遗留的)财产,财物,所有物
personal effectsIt says on the form that the insurance covers all personal effects.表上写明,所有个人财产都在该保险承保范围之内。

Grammar



Affect or effect?
Affect is a verb meaning ‘influence or cause someone or something to change’: …
effect
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ɪˈfekt/ us /əˈfekt/
to achieve something and cause it to happen: 使发生;实现;完成
As a political party they are trying to effect a change in the way that we think about our environment.作为一个政治党派,他们正在试图改变我们关于环境的观念。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing things to happen
activation
actuation
agent
attribute
attribute something to someone
breed
give rise toidiom
hyperstimulate
hyperstimulation
implement
implementation
prompt
proximately
put someone to somethingidiom
Pygmalion effect
reactivate
realization
render
spark
spell

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling

Grammar



Affect or effect?
Affect is a verb meaning ‘influence or cause someone or something to change’: …

effect | American Dictionary


effect
noun
us/ɪˈfekt/

effectnoun (RESULT)


[ C/U ]
the result of a particular influence; something that happens because of something else:
[ C ]The medicine had the effect of making me sleepy.
[ C ]Cold water slows hurricane growth, but warm water has the opposite effect.
[ U ]The new management actually has not had much effect on us.

effectnoun (USE)


[ U ]
(esp. of rules or laws) official or legal use:
Winter parking rules are in effect (= must be obeyed) .
All salary increases will take effect (= begin) in January.
effect
verb[ T ]
us/ɪˈfekt/

effectverb[T] (ACHIEVE)


to achieve something and cause it to happen:
It will take years to effect meaningful changes in the educational system.

effect | Business English


effect
noun[ C ]
uk /ɪˈfekt/us
the result of a particular influence:
have/produce an effectAnti-inflationary measures do not yet seem to be having any effect.
effect of sth (on sth)The effect of the redundancies on morale has been extremely damaging.
see/feel/suffer the effects of sthBusinesses are already feeling the effects of the new charges.
an adverse/negative/detrimental effectThe slowdown will have a detrimental effect on earnings in the short term.
a significant/profound/dramatic effect
reduce/minimize the effectsThe problem is, how to deal with the demand for more and better goods while minimizing the effect on the environment.
They questioned whether financial liberalization had had the desired effect(= had done what it was intended to do).
 be in effect
to be active or being used:
At that time a total ban on financial transactions was in effect.
 come into effect(alsotake effect)
to start working or being used:
On April 1 new sales taxes will come into effect.
The new credit regulations will take effect next year.
 in effect
in fact, or in practice:
The ruling meant that, in effect, the company was allowed to continue to do business as usual.
 put/bring sth into effect
to start using something or making it work:
The aim is to develop new management strategies and put them into effect.
 with immediate effect/with effect from
used to describe a change that happens immediately or from a particular date:
She was appointed chief executive with immediate effect.
The company has announced the appointment of 13 new partners, with effect from 1 July 2012.
 effects
[ plural ] LAW
a person's possessions:
After his death, an inventory was taken of his effects.
Company relocation policies may cover the cost of insuring personal effects in transit.

See also


cause and effect diagram
currency effect
demonstration effect
the domino effect
halo effect
the Hawthorne effect
income effect
price effect
ripple effect
substitution effect
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threshold effect
wealth effect
effect
verb[ T ]
uk /ɪˈfekt/us
to cause something to happen:
The transfer of a business is governed or effected by the law of the country in which the business is situated.

Examples of effect


effect
The first two segments were designed to provoke disagreement, whereas the third segment permitted an assessment of carryover effects of the prior conflict.
Paths permitting additional direct effects are also included as part of the model.
The third approach uses planning effects on task performance to investigate how learners monitor their language.
This tool uses a set of known plans to learn the preconditions and effects of the action within the plans.
They have not studied directly the effect of depletion upon the remaining players and the characteristics of their game.
Qualitative and quantitative measures of the business environment are statistically strongly and significantly correlated with respect to their effects on business performance (ibid.).
This would provide a qualitative description of the mixing of single-particle and collective effects.
In 1997, a rice crop was grown without any treatment application to test for residual effects.
Physically, this 6 has the effect of a long-wavelength modulation to the system which would be the same for all the interaction coefficients.
Analysis of single channel records indicate that the effect is to favor transition to a substate rather than to physically alter the conductance pathway.
Part of the answer lies in the phonetic redundancy of the signal itself, and the rest in the effects of that redundancy on auditory processing.
The finding of differential effects on items of the same length cannot be explained by a purely quantitative constraint on storage.
Again, in this application the theory simplifies because of lack of a paternal genetic effect on the fruits (tomatoes are almost purely maternal tissue).
Here we add in the mediating variables of dietary change to examine what effect they have on this key element of psychological well-being.
Moreover, there was no effect of decision latitude on psychological distress.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations witheffect


effect

These are words often used in combination with effect.

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additive effect
An additive effect is when predation by two predators is equal to the sum of prey removed by each individual predator alone.
adverse effect
Finally, when low-starch concentrates were fed to yearlings, even to the extent of reducing growth, no adverse effect on bone mineral deposition was observed31.
anti-inflammatory effect
Furthermore, treatment with gamma globulin significantly reduced the incidence of fever and laboratory indicators of the acute-phase response, suggesting a rapid, generalized anti-inflammatory effect.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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