efficient

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基本释义

adj.
效率高的; 有能力的

词性变化

实用例句

an efficient secretary

效率高的秘书

牛津词典

efficient heating equipment

效能好的供暖设备

牛津词典

the efficient use of energy

能源的有效利用

牛津词典

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

随着一天天衰老,我们的身体消耗热量的功能逐渐减弱。

牛津词典

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

节能汽车

牛津词典

a very efficiently organized event

组织效率极高的活动

牛津词典

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,女性便可以规划她们的家庭和事业。

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

国家机关必须实行精简的原则.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She is an efficient manageress.

她是个有能力的经理.

《简明英汉词典》

A quietly efficient manservant brought them coffee and brandy.

一个不起眼而能干的男仆给他们端来了咖啡和白兰地.

《简明英汉词典》

Your problem lies in lacking efficient methods.

你的问题在于缺少有效的方法.

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

她熟知所有高效率烹调的妙诀.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

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

如果你希望有个紧凑的安排,最好事先做个计划.

《简明英汉词典》

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

新式农具既轻巧,又出活.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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

暖气设备最近已进行了改造,使其效率得到提高.

《简明英汉词典》

Mr. Wang is very efficient.

王先生办事干净利落.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It is a well and efficient exercise of medical aid.

这是一次出色的救护演习.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

the efficient use of energy

能源的有效利用

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

a quieter, more efficient engine

一台声音更小、效率更高的发动机

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The service at the hotel is efficient and unobtrusive.

那旅馆的服务工作有效率而不夸张。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.

服用避孕药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.

这些人做事效率很高,井井有条,并且十分善于管理时间。

柯林斯例句

She was efficient and reliable.

她办事很有效率,也很可靠。

柯林斯例句

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

一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句

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

幸运的是,作为弗雷德的私人助理,休办事效率很高,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.

就算是精打细算,绝大多数学生也无法每年只靠4,000英镑过活。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句

真题例句

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月阅读原文

Efficient administrators.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Most American college students need to be efficient readers.

出自-2014年6月听力原文

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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 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月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

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

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 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月四级真题(第三套)阅读 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月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

A place where women could work more efficiently.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

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月阅读原文

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

出自-2013年12月听力原文

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

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

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

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第三套)阅读 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月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

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

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 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月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

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

2015年高考英语湖南卷 任务型读写 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年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 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年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

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

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 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年考研阅读原文

Make it efficient.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

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年考研真题(英语二)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年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 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年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

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"

同义词辨析

effective, efficient

这两个形容词均有"有效的"之意。

  • effective: 侧重产生实际的效果、效力或具有取得预期效果的能力,指人指物都适用。
  • efficient: 侧重指积极有效,效率高,效果好,节省精力。指人时,强调其能干、熟练的技巧。

同义词

adj.效率高的

economicalsavingthrifty

adj.有能力的,能胜任的

workmanlikecapableablequalifiedcompetent

反义词

adj.效率高的;有能力的

inefficient

其他释义

inefficient

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