effect
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ɪˈfekt/
/ɪˈfekt/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a change that somebody/something causes in somebody/something else; a result
效应；影响；结果 - the beneficial effects of exercise
锻炼的好处 - What are the long-term effects of this treatment?
这种治疗的长期效果如何？ - The results show a statistically significant effect.
结果显示了统计上显著的效果。 - effect on somebody/something Her tears had no effect on him.
她的眼泪对他没有影响。 - the effect of heat on metal
热对金属产生的效应 - Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
现代农业耕作方法可能对环境造成负面影响。 - Farms can have both positive and negative effects on the community.
农场对社区既有积极影响，也有消极影响。 - Despite her ordeal, she seems to have suffered no ill effects.
她尽管备受磨难，但好像并未受到不利影响。 - effect upon somebody/something The study examines architecture and its effect upon people's lives.
这项研究考察了建筑及其对人们生活的影响。 - to examine/study/investigate the effect of something
检查/研究/调查某事物的影响 - to evaluate/assess the effect of something
评估某事物的影响 - to cause harmful health effects
对健康造成有害影响 - I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.
我当然能感觉到熬夜太多产生的影响。 - effect of doing something Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely.
她批评的结果是使他完全丧失了信心。 - to learn to distinguish between cause and effect
学会分清因果 - I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect.
我试图说服他，但却无济于事。 - ‘I'm feeling really depressed.’ ‘The winter here has that effect sometimes.’
“我真感到抑郁。” “这儿的冬天有时候就会产生这种影响。”
Language Bank consequentlyconsequentlyDescribing the effect of something描述某事的影响 - One consequence of changes in diet over recent years has been a dramatic increase in cases of childhood obesity.
近年来饮食变化带来的一个结果是儿童肥胖人数急剧上升。
- One consequence of changes in diet over recent years has been a dramatic increase in cases of childhood obesity.
- Many parents today do not have time to cook healthy meals for their children. Consequently/As a consequence, many children grow up eating too much junk food.
现在许多家长没有时间给孩子做健康的饭菜，结果造成许多孩子在成长过程中吃过多的垃圾食品。
- Many parents today do not have time to cook healthy meals for their children. Consequently/As a consequence, many children grow up eating too much junk food.
- Many children spend their free time online instead of playing outside. As a result, more and more of them are becoming overweight.
许多孩子在网上度过他们的空闲时间，而不是在外面玩。结果，越来越多的人变得超重。
- Many children spend their free time online instead of playing outside. As a result, more and more of them are becoming overweight.
- Last year junk food was banned in schools. The effect of this has been to create a black market in the playground, with pupils bringing sweets from home to sell to other pupils.
去年学校禁售垃圾食品，结果是学校操场上出现了垃圾食品的黑市交易，有的学生把从家里带来的甜食卖给其他学生。
- Last year junk food was banned in schools. The effect of this has been to create a black market in the playground, with pupils bringing sweets from home to sell to other pupils.
Which Word? affect / effectaffect / effectsee also after-effect, butterfly effect, domino effect, Doppler effect, greenhouse effect, knock-on, network effect, ripple effect, side effect- affect verb = ‘to have an influence on somebody/something’:
affect 动词 = 影响某人／某事： - Does television affect children’s behaviour?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗？
- Does television affect children’s behaviour?
- effect noun = ‘result, influence’:
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗？
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
- effect verb is quite rare and formal and means ‘to achieve or produce’:
effect 作动词罕见且正式，意为实现、产生： - They hope to effect a reconciliation.
他们希望实现和解。
- They hope to effect a reconciliation.
Topics Change, cause and effecta2- The drug had no effect in curing the illness.
这种药对治病没有效果。 - Any delay in delivery of materials will have a knock-on effect throughout the production process.
延误生产材料运送会对整个生产过程产生连锁影响。 - Giving up smoking had a magical effect on his stamina.
戒烟神奇地增强了他的体力。 - Heavy taxation has a disincentive effect.
重税会产生打击积极性的影响。 - It's a policy that will have a chilling effect on free speech.
这项政策对言论自由会产生激冷效应。 - The drug exerts a powerful effect on the brain.
这种药对大脑影响很大。 - We had problems with mosquitoes, but this spray had the desired effect.
我们这儿有蚊子侵扰，幸好这种喷剂效果很是理想。 - The plague struck London again with devastating effect.
瘟疫再次给伦敦带来灾难性的后果。 - The project has already had a direct effect on the lives of one million people.
这个项目已经对一百万人的生活产生了直接影响。 - the crippling effect of sanctions on the economy
制裁对经济产生的毁灭性后果 - The full effects of the new tax have not yet been felt.
还未感受到新税的全面影响。 - His comment was intended to calm the situation but it had the opposite effect.
他的评论本意是稳定形势，但适得其反。 - The deterrent effect of the death penalty has long been questioned.
死刑的威慑作用长期以来受到质疑。 - How soon will the effects of the drug wear off?
药效多久会消失？ - I am interested in documenting the effects of international events on ordinary people.
我对记录国际事件对普通人的影响很感兴趣。 - There was no discernible effect on cell growth.
看不出来对细胞的生长有什么影响。 - a face cream designed to combat the effects of age
设计用于抗衰老的面霜 - drugs which mimic the effects of hormones
类激素药物 - Women feel the effects of alcohol more quickly than men.
女性会比男性更快地感受到酒精的作用。 - the serious health effects which result from obesity
过度肥胖对健康造成的严重影响 - to minimize the effects of economic change
最大程度减少经济变革造成的影响 - I took the medicine with dramatic effect.
我吃了这药，效果显著。 - The effect lasted only a short time.
效果只持续了很短的时间。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- decisive
- dramatic
- far-reaching
- …
- bring about
- exert
- have
- …
- exist
- occur
- spread
- …
- in effect
- to this effect
- to that effect
- …
- cause and effect
- to little effect
- to no effect
- …
- the beneficial effects of exercise
- [countable, uncountable] a particular look, sound or impression that somebody, such as an artist or a writer, wants to create
（艺术家或作家等所要创造的特定）外观，声响，印象，效果 - The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.
这幅画的总体效果气势磅礴。 - The stage lighting gives the effect of a moonlit scene.
这种舞台灯光能产生月下景色的效果。 - She uses glass to achieve a variety of visual effects.
她用玻璃来实现各种视觉效果。 - to produce/create an effect
产生/创造一种效果 - for an effect Add a scarf for a casual effect.
再围上一条围巾以显得随意些。 - for effect He only behaves like that for effect (= in order to impress people).
他那样表现不过是为了哗众取宠。
- I found that by adding white I could achieve the desired effect.
我发现添加白色可以达到理想的效果。 - The yellow pigment produced the opposite effect to that desired.
黄色颜料产生了与预期相反的效果。 - That is precisely the effect I was aiming at.
那正是我想要达到的效果。 - The dramatic effect was heightened by her black dress and dead white face.
她黑色的裙子和煞白的脸加强了戏剧效果。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- special
- cinematic
- audio
- …
- The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.
- effects[plural] lights, sounds, special scenery, computer images, etc. used in a play or film, especially in order to show things that do not normally exist or happen
使发生；实现；引起 - The production relied too much on spectacular effects.
制作太过于依赖壮观的效果了。
- The production relied too much on spectacular effects.
- effects[plural] (formal) your personal possessions
（个人）财产，所有物，财物 - The insurance policy covers all baggage and personal effects.
这份保险单为全部行李和个人财产提供保险。
- The insurance policy covers all baggage and personal effects.
词源late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin effectus, from efficere ‘accomplish’, from ex- ‘out, thoroughly’ + facere ‘do, make’. Sense (3), ‘personal belongings’, arose from the obsolete sense ‘something acquired on completion of an action’.
Idioms
bring/put something into effect
- to cause something to come into use
使生效；实行；实施 - The recommendations will soon be put into effect.
这些建议即将付诸实施。
- The recommendations will soon be put into effect.
come into effect
- to come into use; to begin to apply
生效；开始实施 - New controls come into effect next month.
下月开始实施新的管制措施。
- New controls come into effect next month.
in effect
- used when you are stating what the facts of a situation are
实际上；事实上 - In effect, the two systems are identical.
实际上，这两种系统完全一样。 - His wife had, in effect, run the government for the past six months.
过去的六个月实际上是他的妻子在执政。 - By asking for these particular qualifications, you are, in effect, excluding most women from applying.
通过要求这些特殊的资格，你实际上是在排斥大多数女性申请。 - The border closure meant, in effect, that no trade took place between the countries.
边境关闭实际上意味着两国间不再有贸易往来。
- In effect, the two systems are identical.
- (of a law or rule
法律或规则 在实施中；有效 - These laws are in effect in twenty states.
这些法律在二十个州有效。 - Some laws from the 18th century are still in effect.
18 世纪的一些法律仍然有效。
- These laws are in effect in twenty states.
take effect
- to start to produce the results that are intended
开始起作用；见效 - The aspirins soon take effect.
阿司匹林药片很快见效。 - The medicine started to take effect after a few minutes.
几分钟后药物开始见效。
- The aspirins soon take effect.
- to come into use; to begin to apply
生效；开始实施 - The new law takes effect from tomorrow.
新法律明日起生效。
- The new law takes effect from tomorrow.
to the effect that… | to this/that effect
- used to show that you are giving the general meaning of what somebody has said or written rather than the exact words
大意是；意思是；有这个（或那个）意思 - He left a note to the effect that he would not be coming back.
他留下一张字条，大意是他不回来了。 - She told me to get out—or words to that effect.
她叫我滚开，或说了类似的话。
- He left a note to the effect that he would not be coming back.
to good, great, dramatic, etc. effect
- producing a good, successful, dramatic, etc. result or impression
富有成效；效果良好 - The air conditioning came on, to little effect.
空调开了，可没什么效果。 - She uses animal sounds to startling effect in her music.
她在音乐里运用动物的声音以产生惊人的效果。
- The air conditioning came on, to little effect.
to no effect
- not producing the result you intend or hope for
毫无效果；毫无成效；不起作用 - We warned them, but to no effect.
我们曾告诫过他们，但没起任何作用。
- We warned them, but to no effect.
with effect from…
- (formal) starting from…
立即生效；从…起开始生效 - The government has cut interest rates with effect from the beginning of next month.
政府已削减利率，从下月初开始生效。
- The government has cut interest rates with effect from the beginning of next month.
with immediate effect
- (formal) starting now
立即生效；从…起开始生效 - She has resigned with immediate effect.
她已辞职，立即生效。
- She has resigned with immediate effect.