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effect

英 [ɪ'fekt] 美[ɪ'fɛkt]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词perform complete cause evoke make accomplish discharge achieve determine influence produce execute

反义词

n. 影响；效果；作用
vt. 产生；达到目的

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词态变化

复数: effects;第三人称单数: effects;过去式: effected;过去分词: effected;现在分词: effecting;

助记提示

1. ef- "out" + fect-. 在这里取 out 的引申义：完成、结束(finish, end)之意。
2. meaning: 事情做完了，事情做结束了. => work out, accomplish.
3. => 引申为：事情做完、做结束后的结果、效果、作用、影响等。
4. 做动词就表示：生效、完成、实现、达到、造成等含义。
5. 其复数形式表示“个人财产、财物”，因为个人财产从本质上说是做完很多事情后所收获的结果，所以它用复数形式。
6. 做出来的效果. 做出来便是结果。做出来的东西就是做出来的结果。

中文词源

effect 效果

ef-, 向外。-fect, 做，词源同fact, affect. 即做出来的效果。

英英释意

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;: "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

2. an outward appearance;: "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"

3. (of a law) having legal validity;: "the law is still in effect"

4. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug;: "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"

5. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived);: "he just did it for effect"

6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

英文词源

effect: effect: [14] Etymologically, an effect is that which is ‘accomplished’ or ‘done’. The word comes (probably via Old French effect) from effectus, the past participle of Latin efficere ‘perform, accomplish, complete’, or literally ‘work out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and facēre ‘make, do’ (source of English fact, factory, etc).

The English verbal use, ‘bring about’, is a 16th-century development based on the noun. (The similar affect also comes ultimately from Latin facēre, but with the prefix ad- ‘to’ rather than ex-.) Latin efficere is also the source of English efficacious [16] and efficient [14]. The feck- of feckless is an abbreviated version of effect.
=> efficacious, efficient, fact, factory, fashion, feckless
effect (n.): mid-14c., "execution or completion (of an act)," from Old French efet (13c., Modern French effet) "result, execution, completion, ending," from Latin effectus "accomplishment, performance," from past participle stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + facere "to do" (see factitious). From French, borrowed into Dutch, German, Scandinavian.

From late 14c. as "power or capacity to produce an intended result; efficacy, effectiveness," and in astrology, "operation or action (of a heavenly body) on human affairs; influence." Also "that which follows from something else; a consequence, a result." From early 15c. as "intended result, purpose, object, intent." Also formerly with a sense of "reality, fact," hence in effect (late 14c.), originally "in fact, actually, really." Meaning "impression produced on the beholder" is from 1736. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881.
effect (v.): "to produce as a result; to bring to a desired end," 1580s, from Latin effectus, past participle of efficere (see effect (n.)). Related: Effecting; effection.

同义词辨析

consequence, result, effect, outcome

这些名词均含"结果"之意。

consequence：多指随某一事件引起的，必然或自然的不良结果，不强调直接的因果关系，而侧重事件发展的逻辑关系。

result：普通用词，含义广泛，侧重因某种原因所产生的最终结果，而不是眼前的结果。

effect：指因某种原因直接产生的结果，着重持续稳定与其影响。

outcome：普通用词，多指事物经过一系列发展变化所导致的最终结局，而不是某种原因的直接结果。常可与result通用。

effect, cause, produce, realize

这些动词均有"产生，实现"之意。

effect：侧重成功地完成一件要做的事情，强调结果或影响。

cause：强调事物的因果关系。

produce：侧重有意或无意地产生出好的或坏的，实际可见的效果。

realize：着重指把过去的计划或意愿变成现实。

考试真题

But in a new study, researchers demonstrated for the first time how this effect occurs in the brain.

to see whether people's personality affects their life span to find out if one's lifestyle has any effect on their health to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeto examine all the factors contributing to longevity They have a good understanding of evolution.

The combined effects of those trends and the political tensions they generate point to the breakdown of governments and societies.

Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.

In effect, our plan is the new security budget.

But what effect does your personality have on your longevity ( ' , 长寿)? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

The Director General of the International Labour Organization Juan Somavia notes that some countries have taken measures to address the effects of the global crisis.

The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending.

Service quality has little effect on tip size.

Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.

Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws.

It actually had a very negative effect on morale and performance, Werbach says.

Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil.

After such an experience an animal often remains passive even when it can effect change—a state they called learned helplessness.

What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

It may have a negative effect on creative work.

A lot of them have negative effects on society.

It doesn't have much effect on individual job seekers.

Strangely, it is this last quality that may have the deepest effect on the way people live

But individual choices have an intense cumulative (累积的) effect.

I'm not interested in what you're trying to teach, all I care about is stealing a grade, regardless of the effect on others

There are many examples of the vast harm that is caused when individuals forget or ignore the effect their dishonesty can have.

While elderly people tend to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) negative effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.

The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.

The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm

In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological (生理的) mechanisms

They have effects similar to those of a marriage.

The effects of positive thinking vary from person to person.

Oh, the effects were very good.

"It actually had a very negative effect on morale and performance," Werbach says.

A few minutes later, the pressured strokes started to produce a relieving effect and my body and mind began to sink deeper into relaxation.

But what effect does your personality have on your longevity (长寿)?

He quotes Google co-founder Larry Page to the effect that the perfect search engine will understand exactly what I mean and give me back exactly what I want.

It has a similar effect to writing by hand.

On the first of January, new regulations will come into effect which eliminate an annual leave bonus for people who put off marrying until the age of 23 for women and 25 for men, the South China Morning Post reports.

people are increasingly using for peace of mind in their homes, but few stop to think about the effect these devices may have on house guests.

Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to comply with the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.

Schools and prisons with craft programs report that they have a calming effect and enhance social skills.

That people often experience trouble sleeping in a different bed in unfamiliar surroundings is a phenomenon known as the "first-night" effect.

The caffeine—the equivalent of two strong cups of coffee, was sufficient to reverse this effect, with some cyclists even displaying increased eye movement speeds.

The latest in cat research reveals that the lovely animal seems to have a basic grasp on both the laws of physics and the ins and outs of cause and effect.

Then officers waited for the drug to take effect.

This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to speculate that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals' genetic development.

Yuka Sasaki and her colleagues at Brown University set out to investigate the origins of this effect.

While alternative estimates of the damage from carbon emissions differ, and it's especially hard to reckon the likely costs of possible catastrophic climate events, most estimates suggest substantial negative effects.

The damaging effect on bio-diversity.

Migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at their winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects.

It is urgent for governments to increase the cost of using fossil fuels to an appropriate level to lessen the catastrophic effects of climate change.

Action to restore appropriate price incentives, notably through corrective carbon pricing, is urgently needed to lower the risk of irreversible and potentially devastating effects of climate change.

Protecting the union demand sacrifices those students, in effect turning a blind eye to the injustice in the education system.

One main factor that has driven up medical expenses is that doctors are compensated for the amount of care rather than its effect.

Get a bottom 1% teacher, and the effect is the same as if a child misses 40% of the school year.

To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.

They are free from the greenhouse effects affecting forced riders.

Putting in effect the policies in the agreement at once.

In a 2011 study, she investigated the effects of implementing a Results Only Work Environment ( ' , ROWE) on the productivity and well-being of employees at Best Buy's corporate headquarters.

Glimmers ( ' , 少许 ) of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork.

Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try, they tended to include both cause and effect in their question.

Effects of medical treatment.

Alcohol may increase the effect of a drug.

As countries continue setting goals of reducing emissions, greater steps need to be taken to have a noticeable effect on the surrounding environment.

But its surface has been cooked and dried by an ocean of carbon dioxide, trapped in the burning death grip of a runaway greenhouse effect.

In fact, when Twenge previously used this data to suggest a screen time effect, some commentators were quick to raise this problem.

Sometimes when you take a common drug, you may have a side effect.

That is, the drug may cause some effect other than its intended one.

The carbon that we've put into the atmosphere keeps having a warming effect for 100 years, so we have to cut back rapidly now, because it would take a long time to work its way through into a response by the atmosphere.

The cumulative effect of these two factors is that many Americans are forced to take two or more part-time jobs just to make ends meet.

The death of a small child would have no effect upon the income of the family.

The immediate effect of printing was to increase the circulation of works that were already popular in a handwritten form, while less popular works went out of circulation.

The researchers believe this is the first time that the "first night- effect" of different brain states has been identified in humans.

In weighing the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an adverse effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.

The strength of that effect is stronger in western cultures than in East Asian cultures.

They found that early attention skills were the most consistent predictor of academic success, and that likability by peers also had a modest effect on academic performance.

A successful arts neighborhoods creates a ripple effect (连锁反应) throughout a community.

According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El nino's harmful effects.

Adam and Galinsky tested the effect of simply wearing a white lab coat on people's powers of attention.

Adam and Galinsky's experiment tested the effect of clothes on their wearers' attention.

An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.

An important negative effect of gossip is that it causes unpleasant experiences.

And the special effects are amazing.

Arts have a gradually spreading effect.

Far from charging consumers high prices, many of these services are free users pay, in effect, by handing over yet more data.

Favorable policies are in effect to encourage employees' professional development.

Gossip also can have a third effect: It strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act.

Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans.

However, by showing that television promotes none of the dangerous effects as conventionally believed, anderson suggests that television cannot be condemned without considering other influences.

It clearly showed that while likability can lead to healthy adjustment, high status has just the opposite effect on us.

Its special effects are not satisfying.

Make use of its healing effects.

Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems.

Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself.

Particular scents also have an effect: diners who got the scent of lavender stayed longer and spent more than those who smelled lemon, or no scent.

So if moving the body can have these effects, what about the clothes we wear?

Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect.

The benefits of this kind of engineering come with consequences 一 called light pollution 一 whose effects scientists are only now beginning to study.

The changes in our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life.

The convenience even leads fewer people to take public transport——an unwelcome side effect researchers have already found in ride- hailing services.

The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being"captured"by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms.

The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation.

The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman form Paris called gin.

The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, thing about why you want to gossip and what effects your "juicy story" might have.

The researchers call the effect "Enclothed Cognition, " suggesting that all manner of different clothes probably affect our cognition in many different ways.

The weather effects both good and bad, are felt in many places.

These effects of the Internet have become even more striking since I've begun using a smartphone.

These hormones also have a positive effect on the heart and blood flow.

They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.

They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.

This trend, which was started by the medical community as a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side effects such as overweight and heart disease--the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.

When it comes to technology and reading, the report does little to counsel parents looking for data about the effect of e-readers and tablets on reading.

While online shopping has changed our life, not all of its effects have been positive.

While the effect of cows milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.

You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.

Your house may have an effect on your figure.

While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not so easy as in dealing with adults.

Only gradually was the by-product of the institution noted, and only more gradually still was this effect considered as a directive factor in the conduct of the institution.

It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience; but this effect is not a part of its original motive.

If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young.

Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

The gardens of the homeless which are in effect homeless gardens introduce from into an urban environment where it either didn’t exist or was not discernible as such.

When social scientists do tackle practical issues, their scope is often local: Belgium is interested mainly in the effects of poverty on Belgium, for example.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.

In effect, you try to reconstruct the likely meanings or effects that any given sentence, image or reference might have had: These might be the ones the author intended.

Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.

Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they decide their do-gooding policies.

It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company’s products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.

And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect,” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

Such active research can have another effect.

Aesthetic effect came from the landscape, new materials and forthright detailing.

All of which would, of course, have a positive effect on our happiness levels.

And third, through a more diffuse "halo effect," whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.

In effect, fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency's other work—such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources management, and infrastructure upkeep—that affect the lives of all Americans.

In effect, the approach would create a "walled garden" in cyberspace, with safe"neighbor hoods" and bright "streetlights" to establish a sense of a trusted community.

In zones of increased turbulence, the planes' wakes will decay more quickly and the effect will diminish.

Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the Hawthorne effect", the extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects'behavior.

It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.

People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come down with a cold, and the researchers calculated that the stress-reducing effects of hugging explained about 32 percent of that beneficial effect.

Social psychologists have amassed oceans of research into what they call the "above average effect", or "illusory superiority".

Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, such the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.

The digital services tax now awaits the signature of President Emmanuel Macron, who has expressed support for the measure, and it could go into effect within the next few weeks.

The effect tended to be larger for larger firms.

The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up – perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change.

This suggests that the alleged "Hawthorne effect" is hard to pin down.

词组搭配

for effect

in order to impress people

为使人印象深刻

I suspect he's controversial for effect.
我怀疑他喜欢争论是为给人留下深刻印象。

to the effect that

used to refer to the general sense or meaning of something written or spoken

大意是，意思是

some comments to the effect that my essay was a little light on analysis.
一些大意为我的文章分析不够的评论。

to that effect

having that result, purpose, or meaning

以此为目的的，那样意思的

she thought it a foolish rule and put a notice to that effect in a newspaper.
她认为这是条愚蠢的规定，并在报纸上发表短评表达了这一观点。

in effect

In essence; to all purposes

实质上；本质上

testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement.
证词实际上与她以前的话相反

实用场景例句

‘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。”

I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect.: 我试图说服他，但却无济于事。

I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.: 我当然能感受到熬夜太多产生的影响。

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。

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。

the effect of heat on metal: 热对金属产生的效应

dramatic/long-term effects: 引人注目的影响；长期效应

to learn to distinguish between cause and effect: 学会分清因果

the beneficial effects of exercise: 锻炼的好处

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。

The price of the Saturday edition is going up with effect from 3 November.: 自11月3日起，周六版价格将上调。

Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect...: 莫里斯先生认为博物馆作的广告卓有成效。

Mr Charles complained, to no effect.: 查尔斯先生投诉无果。

A circular to this effect will be issued in the next few weeks...: 接下来的几周内将发布一份大意如此的通告。

Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside...: 那类立法在议会内外都引起了激烈的争论。

We are now resuming relations with Syria with immediate effect...: 我们即刻起与叙利亚恢复关系。

International sanctions were beginning to take effect.: 国际制裁开始起作用了。

That deal would create, in effect, the world's biggest airline.: 事实上，这一协议将促成世界最大航空公司的成立。

These and other such measures ought to have been put into effect in 1985.: 这些以及其他类似的措施在1985年就应该开始实施了。

...a decree bringing into effect the political reforms adopted last month.: 上个月正式通过的实施政治改革的法令

...the ban on new logging permits which will take effect from July...: 将于7月生效的禁止颁发新伐木许可证的禁令

The decision was taken yesterday and will remain in effect until further government instructions.: 该决定于昨天作出，在政府未有进一步指示前将一直有效。

The second injection should only have been given once the first drug had taken effect...: 只有第一剂药见效后才可进行第二次注射。

The Cockney accent was put on for effect.: 这伦敦腔是为了给人以深刻印象而故意装出来的。

The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan...: 财政紧缩政策不会对普通的摩洛哥人产生直接的负面影响。

The whole effect is cool, light and airy.: 整体效果很酷，轻松而随意。

His daughters were collecting his effects.: 他的女儿们当时正在整理他的遗物。

Prospects for effecting real political change seemed to have taken a major step backwards.: 实现真正政治变革的机会似乎变得更加渺茫了。

Jock paused for effect, his eyes glinting over his glass as he took another drink...: 乔克为了制造效果停下来又喝了口酒，他的眼睛在酒杯上方光芒闪烁。

Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior...: 父母担心音乐对青春期孩子的行为所产生的影响。