effect
英 [ɪ'fekt]
美 [ɪ'fɛkt]
助記提示
1. ef- "out" + fect-. 在這裏取 out 的引申義：完成、結束(finish, end)之意。
2. meaning: 事情做完了，事情做結束了. => work out, accomplish.
3. => 引申為：事情做完、做結束後的結果、效果、作用、影響等。
4. 做動詞就表示：生效、完成、實現、達到、造成等含義。
5. 其複數形式表示“個人財產、財物”，因為個人財產從本質上說是做完很多事情後所收獲的結果，所以它用複數形式。
6. 做出來的效果. 做出來便是結果。做出來的東西就是做出來的結果。
中文詞源
effect 效果ef-, 向外。-fect, 做，詞源同fact, affect. 即做出來的效果。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
- 若IBM公司和蘋果公司聯手將會有什麽效果呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. And what of the effect on U.S domestic opinion?
- 對美國國內的輿論有什麽影響？
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect.
- 莫裏斯先生認為博物館作的廣告卓有成效。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The effect on coffee prices has been disastrous for the producers.
- 對咖啡價格的影響對生產商而言是災難性的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.
- 即使從遠處看，他的狐狸戲服也很搶眼。
來自柯林斯例句