efficient

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基本釋義

adj.
效率高的; 有能力的

詞性變化

實用例句

an efficient secretary

效率高的秘書

牛津詞典

efficient heating equipment

效能好的供暖設備

牛津詞典

the efficient use of energy

能源的有效利用

牛津詞典

As we get older, our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories.

隨著一天天衰老,我們的身體消耗熱量的功能逐漸減弱。

牛津詞典

fuel-efficient cars (= that do not use much fuel)

節(jié)能汽車

牛津詞典

a very efficiently organized event

組織效率極高的活動

牛津詞典

With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers.

如今有了更加有效的避孕方法,女性便可以規(guī)劃她們的家庭和事業(yè)。

Every organ of state must apply the principle of efficient and simple administration.

國家機關必須實行精簡的原則.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

She is an efficient manageress.

她是個有能力的經(jīng)理.

《簡明英漢詞典》

A quietly efficient manservant brought them coffee and brandy.

一個不起眼而能干的男仆給他們端來了咖啡和白蘭地.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Your problem lies in lacking efficient methods.

你的問題在于缺少有效的方法.

《簡明英漢詞典》

She is acquainted with all the twists that make for efficient cooking.

她熟知所有高效率烹調的妙訣.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

It's better to plan if you want arrangements to be really efficient.

如果你希望有個緊湊的安排,最好事先做個計劃.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The improved farm tools are efficient as well as easy to handle.

新式農具既輕巧,又出活.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The heating system has recently been modified to make it more efficient.

暖氣設備最近已進行了改造,使其效率得到提高.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Mr. Wang is very efficient.

王先生辦事干凈利落.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

It is a well and efficient exercise of medical aid.

這是一次出色的救護演習.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

the efficient use of energy

能源的有效利用

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

a quieter, more efficient engine

一臺聲音更小、效率更高的發(fā)動機

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The service at the hotel is efficient and unobtrusive.

那旅館的服務工作有效率而不夸張。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.

服用避孕藥是最有效的避孕方法。

柯林斯例句

These people are very efficient, very organized and excellent time managers.

這些人做事效率很高,井井有條,并且十分善于管理時間。

柯林斯例句

She was efficient and reliable.

她辦事很有效率,也很可靠。

柯林斯例句

Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.

一些極為節(jié)能的冰箱比傳統(tǒng)型號耗電減少70%。

柯林斯例句

Service was outstandingly friendly and efficient, falling down on only one detail.

服務態(tài)度極佳,效率也蠻高,僅在一個小地方不盡人意。

柯林斯例句

Luckily, Sue is very efficient and does an excellent job as Fred's personal assistant.

幸運的是,作為弗雷德的私人助理,休辦事效率很高,工作很出色。

柯林斯例句

Even with efficient budgeting, most students are unable to live on £4,000 per year.

就算是精打細算,絕大多數(shù)學生也無法每年只靠4,000英鎊過活。

柯林斯例句

An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.

一個節(jié)能燈泡也許就能減輕發(fā)電站的負荷。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

Werbach gives the example of several Disneyland hotels in Anaheim, California, which used large digital leaderboards to display how efficiently laundry workers were working compared to one another.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Efficient administrators.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

Most American college students need to be efficient readers.

出自-2014年6月聽力原文

Among common kitchen appliances used for cooking, microwaves are the most energy efficient, followed by a stove and finally a standard oven.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

Changing building codes, evolving tastes, and the high cost of maintaining those wonderful old signs have businesses embracing LEDs, which are energy efficient, but still carry great cost.

2018年6月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

For example, consumers could use appliances in a more efficient way by adjusting the time of cooking to the type of food.

2019年12月四級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section C

It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn.

2019年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective.

2019年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

While they sound efficient and cost-saving, a recent study reports that they are not effective, primarily because depressed patients are not likely to engage with them or stick with them.

2019年6月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

System institutions are operating very efficiently based on this analysis, raising the question of the value of pursuing a broad scale outsourcing initiative.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

Setting the right carbon price will therefore efficiently align the costs paid by carbon users with the true social opportunity cost of using carbon.

出自-2017年6月閱讀原文

A place where women could work more efficiently.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

But Sadoway isn't alone in trumpeting energy storage as a missing link to a cleaner, more efficient, and more equitable energy future.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Supporters of home education claim that it is less expensive and far more efficient than mass public education.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

And it's not a more efficient sleep, not like they're compressing relatively more value out of their hours.

2019年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

But the system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

Much has been written about how the relationship between scientists and the media can shape the efficient transmission of scientific advances to the public.

2018年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

New electric engines coupled with artificial intelligence and autonomous systems will contribute to a more efficient, integrated transport system that is less polluting and less noisy.

2019年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section A

So I don't think it's very efficient.

2016年6月六級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

The robots also lean the most efficient and safest passages, and allow engineers and farmers to analyze and better optimize the attributes and tasks of the robot, as well as provide a live stream giving real-time feedback on exactly what is happening on t

2018年12月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C

Generally, it contains no more than 75, 000 entries, making it easy to carry to class and efficient to use.

2015年高考英語湖南卷 任務型讀寫 原文

In his modernist view, beauty lies in simplicity and elegance, and the aim of the designer is to create solutions to problems through the most efficient means.

2016年高考英語上海卷 選詞填空 原文

It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient, because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done.

2016年高考英語浙江卷(10月) 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

That can be a lot more efficient than pages and pages explaining the data.

2015年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

The arts are efficient economic drivers and when they are supported, the entire small-business community benefits.

2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 填空題 原文

The idea is to force social scientists to integrate their work with other categories, including health and demographic change; food security; marine research and the bio-economy; clean, efficient energy; and inclusive, innovative and secure societies.

出自-2013年考研閱讀原文

Make it efficient.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work against the disappearance of the paper system.

2013年考研真題(英語二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can't be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In fact, "becoming more efficient" is part of the problem.

2016年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses-usually around 1,200 square feet-than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

It remains to be seen how weather conditions affect the air flows that make formation flight more efficient .

2010年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

mies' sophisticated presentation masked the fact that the spaces he designed were small and efficient, rather than big and often empty.

2011年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

When our brains switch between being focused and unfocused on a task, they tend to be more efficient.

2018年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense;

    "an efficient production manager"

    "efficient engines save gas"

  • 2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively;

    "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw

    "effective personnel"

    "an efficient secretary"

    "the efficient cause of the revolution"

同義詞辨析

effective, efficient

這兩個形容詞均有"有效的"之意。

  • effective: 側重產(chǎn)生實際的效果、效力或具有取得預期效果的能力,指人指物都適用。
  • efficient: 側重指積極有效,效率高,效果好,節(jié)省精力。指人時,強調其能干、熟練的技巧。

同義詞

adj.效率高的

economicalsavingthrifty

adj.有能力的,能勝任的

workmanlikecapableablequalifiedcompetent

反義詞

adj.效率高的;有能力的

inefficient

其他釋義

inefficient

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