effects

漢語翻譯

n. 財物, 個人財產
【經】 動產, 財物

詞型變化：

形容詞:effectible 名詞:effecter 動詞過去式:effected 過去分詞:effected 現在分詞:effecting 第三人稱單數:effects 

詞意辨析：

affect, effect, influence

均可表示“影響”。
affect: 動詞(及物)，主要指一時的影響，著重影響的動作，可指一般意義的影響(不分好壞)，也可指不良影響。

• to affect a policy is to have an effect on it.
  影響一項政策就是對該政策具有一種影響。
• the news did not affect her at all.＝the news had no effect on her at all.
  這條訊息對她沒有一點影響。

effect: 名詞(可數或不可數)，affect＝have an effect on。effect有時雖用作動詞(及物)，但不表示“影響”，而表示“實現”或“產生”等。

• they effected their escape in the middle of the night.
  他們半夜逃脫了。
• he effected great changes in the company.
  他使公司發生了巨大的變化。

influence: 表示“影響”，主要指對行為、性格、觀點等產生間接的或潛移默化的影響。可用作動詞(及物)或名詞(通常不可數，但有時可連用不定冠詞)。

• what you read influences your thinking.
  你讀的東西對你的思想有影響。
• it’s clear that her painting has been influenced by picasso.
  她的畫顯然受了畢卡索的影響。
• television has a strong influence on people.
  電視對人有很大的影響。

consequence, result, effect, outcome

這些名詞均含“結果”之意。
consequence: 多指隨某一事件引起的，必然或自然的不良結果，不強調直接的因果關係，而側重事件發展的邏輯關係。
result: 普通用詞，含義廣泛，側重因某種原因所產生的最終結果，而不是眼前的結果。
effect: 指因某種原因直接產生的結果，著重持續穩定與其影響。
outcome: 普通用詞，多指事物經過一系列發展變化所導致的最終結局，而不是某種原因的直接結果。常可與result通用。

英文解釋：

名詞 effects:

1. property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
   同義詞：personal effects

名詞 effect:

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   同義詞：consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
2. an outward appearance
   同義詞：impression, effect
3. (of a law) having legal validity
   同義詞：effect, force
4. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
   同義詞：effect
5. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
   同義詞：effect
6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   同義詞：effect, essence, burden, core, gist

動詞 effect:

1. produce
   同義詞：effect, effectuate, set up
2. act so as to bring into existence
   同義詞：effect

例句：

1. Some ancient laws are still in effect.
   有些古時的法律現在仍然有效。
2. The room shows off her paintings to good effect.
   這個房間把她繪畫的優點充分顯示出來。
3. The aspirins soon took effect.
   服下的阿司匹林藥片很快見效了。
4. The two systems are, in effect, identical.
   這兩種制度實際上一模一樣。
5. We've tried our best to effect reconciliation between the two parties.
   我們已盡了最大努力希望促成雙方和解。
6. The advertising campaign didn't have much effect on sales.
   這些廣告攻勢對銷售額並沒有起到多大作用。
7. A new system of taxation will be brought into effect next year.
   新的稅收制度將於明年實行。