efficient
英[ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt]美[ɪ'fɪʃnt]
- adj. 有效率的；有能力的；生效的
词态变化
副词: efficiently;
助记提示
1. ef- "out" + fic- => fici- => effici-. 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、做结束后的效果。
4. effici- + -ent. => 有效的，有效果的，生效的。=> 高效的，效率高的，有本事的。
英文词源
- efficient
- efficient: see effect
- efficient (adj.)
- late 14c., "making, producing immediate effect, active, effective," from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens) "effective, efficient, producing, active," present participle of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently.
双语例句
- 1. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
- 服用避孕药是最有效的避孕方法。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. These people are very efficient, very organized and excellent time managers.
- 这些人做事效率很高，井井有条，并且十分善于管理时间。
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- 3. The process of replication is very quick and efficient.
- 复制的过程快捷、高效。
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- 4. Service was outstandingly friendly and efficient, falling down on only one detail.
- 服务态度极佳，效率也蛮高，仅在一个小地方不尽人意。
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- 5. An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.
- 一个节能灯泡也许就能减轻发电站的负荷。
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