1 N-VAR [adjective NOUN] 影响;效果;结果 The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing. 影响;效果;结果
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Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior. [+ of/on]
父母担心音乐对青春期孩子的行为所产生的影响。
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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。
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Even minor head injuries can cause long-lasting psychological effects.
即使是轻微的头部创伤也会对心理产生长期影响。
2 N-COUNT （刻意制造的）效果，印象 An effect is an impression that someone creates deliberately, for example in a place or in a piece of writing. （刻意制造的）效果，印象
SYN impression, feeling, impact, influence
3 N-PLURAL [with poss] 所有物;财产;遗物 A person's effects are the things that they have with them at a particular time, for example when they are arrested or admitted to hospital, or the things that they owned when they died. 所有物;财产;遗物 [formal]
4 N-PLURAL （电影）特效，特技 The effects in a film are the specially created sounds and scenery. （电影）特效，特技
5 VERB 使发生;实现 If you effect something that you are trying to achieve, you succeed in causing it to happen. 使发生;实现 [formal]
SYN bring about, make, cause, produce
6 See also: greenhouse effect placebo effect ripple effect side-effect sound effect special effect
Usage Note :
Note that the verb affect is connected with the noun effect. You can say that something affects you. Noise affects different people in different ways. You can also say that something has an effect on you ...the effect that noise has on people in factories.
注意动词 affect 和名词 effect 有关。可以说某件事影响了某人，用 affect，例如，Noise affects different people in different ways (噪音对不同的人会产生不同的影响）。也可以说某事对某人有影响，用 have an effect on，例如，the effect that noise has on people in factories （噪音对工厂里的人们产生的影响）。
7 PHRASE 为了给人印象;为了吸引注意力 If you say that someone is doing something for effect, you mean that they are doing it in order to impress people and to draw attention to themselves. 为了给人印象;为了吸引注意力
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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。
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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。
8 PHRASE 其实;实际上 You add in effect to a statement or opinion that is not precisely accurate, but which you feel is a reasonable description or summary of a particular situation. 其实;实际上 [vagueness]
SYN in fact, really, actually, essentially
9 PHRASE 实施（计划）;实现（想法） If you put ,bring, or carry a plan or idea into effect, you cause it to happen in practice. 实施（计划）;实现（想法）
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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。
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...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
10 PHRASE 开始实施/生效/有效 If a law or policy takes effect or comes into effect at a particular time, it officially begins to apply or be valid from that time. If it remains in effect, it still applies or is still valid. 开始实施/生效/有效
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...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
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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。
11 PHRASE 见效;开始起作用 You can say that something takes effect when it starts to produce the results that are intended. 见效;开始起作用
SYN produce results, work, begin, come into force
12 PHRASE 产生良好效果/毫无成效 You use effect in expressions such as to good effect and to no effect in order to indicate how successful or impressive an action is. 产生良好效果/毫无成效
13 PHRASE 大意是;大致是 You use to this effect ,to that effect, or to the effect that to indicate that you have given or are giving a summary of something that was said or written, and not the actual words used. 大意是;大致是
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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。
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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。
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He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.
他引用了一个中国谚语，大意是不应对邻居心存恶念之类的。
14 PHRASE 立即生效/自…起生效 If you say that something will happen with immediate effect or with effect from a particular time, you mean that it will begin to apply or be valid immediately or from the stated time. 立即生效/自…起生效 [British, mainly formal]
15 cause and effect→see: cause
| Usage | effect and affect |
| Effect and affect are often confused. Effect means 'to bring about': Voters hope the election will effect change. Affect means 'to change': The cloudy weather affected his mood. |
| Word Partnership | Use effect with: |
| ADJ. | adverse effect, negative/positive effect 1 desired effect, immediate effect, lasting effect 1 2 |
| VERB. | have an effect 1 produce an effect 2 take effect 11 |
| N. | effect a change 5 |
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