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单词 effect
释义
effect
(ɪfekt )
Word forms: effects , effecting , effected
1. variable noun [adjective NOUN] B1
The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing.
Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior. [+ of/on]
The austerity measures will have little immediate effect on the average citizen.
Even minor head injuries can cause long-lasting psychological effects.
2. countable noun B1+
An effect is an impression that someone creates deliberately, for example in a place or in a piece of writing.
The whole effect is cool, light and airy.
Synonyms: impression, feeling, impact, influence  
3. plural noun [with poss]
A person's effects are the things that they have with them at a particular time, for example when they are arrested or admitted to hospital, or the things that they owned when they died. [formal]
His daughters were collecting his effects.
4. plural noun B2
The effects in a film are the specially created sounds and scenery.
5. verb
If you effect something that you are trying to achieve, you succeed in causing it to happen. [formal]
Prospects for effecting real political change have taken a step backwards. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: bring about, make, cause, produce  
6.  See also greenhouse effect, placebo effect, ripple effect, side-effect, sound effect, special effect
7. for effect phrase
If you say that someone is doing something for effect, you mean that they are doing it in order to impress people and to draw attention to themselves.
Jock paused for effect, his eyes glinting over his glass as he took another drink.
The Cockney accent was put on for effect.
8. in effect phrase
You add in effect to a statement or opinion that is not precisely accurate, but which you feel is a reasonable description or summary of a particular situation. [vagueness]
That deal would create, in effect, the world's biggest airline.
Synonyms: in fact, really, actually, essentially  
9. (put/bring/carry) sth into effect phrase
If you put, bring, or carry a plan or idea into effect, you cause it to happen in practice.
These and other such measures ought to have been put into effect in 1985.
...a decree bringing into effect the political reforms adopted last month.
10. take/come into effect phrase
If a law or policy takes effect or comes into effect at a particular time, it officially begins to apply or be valid from that time. If it remains in effect, it still applies or is still valid.
...the ban on new logging permits which will take effect from July.
The decision will remain in effect until further government instructions.
11. take effect phrase
You can say that something takes effect when it starts to produce the results that are intended.
The second injection should only have been given once the first drug had taken effect.
International sanctions were beginning to take effect.
Synonyms: produce results, work, begin, come into force  
12. to (good) effect phrase
You use effect in expressions such as to good effect and to no effect in order to indicate how successful or impressive an action is.
Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect.
Mr Charles complained, to no effect.
13. to this/that effect phrase
You use to this effect, to that effect, or to the effect that to indicate that you have given or are giving a summary of something that was said or written, and not the actual words used.
A circular to this effect will be issued in the next few weeks.
Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside.
He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.
14. with (immediate) effect/effect from phrase
If you say that something will happen with immediate effect or with effect from a particular time, you mean that it will begin to apply or be valid immediately or from the stated time. [British, mainly formal]
We are now resuming relations with Syria with immediate effect.
The price of the Saturday edition is going up with effect from 3 November.
15. cause and effect phrase
You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another.
...fundamental laws of biological cause and effect.
Idioms:
a domino effect
a situation in which one event causes another similar event, which in turn causes a further event, and so on
The accident created a domino effect, causing about 10 other cars to crash and injuring 14 other people.
Collocations:
calming effect
Focusing your attention on breathing will enhance the overall calming effect of relaxation.
Coping with Bulimia (1987)
The great thing about watching winter sports is their calming effect on the viewer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just being up there has this calming effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
comic effect
She pauses for comic effect and adds: 'Although he might.'
The Sun (2016)
It's all done with great style and comic effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some of these scenes are dramatised within the play, to great comic effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
counter an effect
Eating eight walnuts after an unhealthy takeaway helps counter the effects of fatty food.
The Sun (2009)
One way, perhaps, to counter these effects is to step up aerobic activities such as running or cycling.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And what might parents be able to do to counter any ill effects?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
counteract an effect
We are probably not doing enough to counteract the possible effects of global warming.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Another approach could be to use drugs to counteract the worst effects of the radiation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So you need to do 200 calories worth of extra exercise to counteract this effect.
The Sun (2013)
damaging effect
This is going to have such a damaging effect on the island.
The Sun (2013)
In my job as a nurse, I regularly see the damaging effects of alcohol.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A Department for Education spokesman said: ' Poor attendance at school can have a hugely damaging effect.'
The Sun (2014)
deterrent effect
They claim that punishment does, after all, have a deterrent effect on crime.
The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989)
I think the early drugs education probably does have a deterrent effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The deterrent effect appears to have been minimal.
FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
direct effect
What we eat and how much we exercise have a direct effect on the ageing process.
The Sun (2010)
The approach of the media to industry has a direct effect on confidence and relationships.
Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
Business taxes, which have a direct effect on investment incentives, have been rising.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
distorting effect
He highlighted the distorting effect of seasonal changes in shopping patterns.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Meanwhile, the government's plans are having a distorting effect on the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Its contribution to the UK economy is enormous but so is its distorting effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
effect a transformation
The story provides a catalogue of the plastic surgery required to effect the transformation and a price-list of the treatments for readers to gasp at.
Times, Sunday Times
That it took a billion pounds in oil money to effect this transformation attracts critical commentary.
Times, Sunday Times
In organic chemistry, reagents are compounds or mixtures, usually composed of inorganic or small organic molecules, that are used to effect a transformation on an organic substrate.
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Extensive efforts on the part of many laboratories eventually led to the discovery of a pseudomonas microbe that efficiently effected that transformation.
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effect an improvement
His insights rarely rise above the banal, as if he has lost confidence in his ability to effect any improvement in his patients.
Times, Sunday Times
The new law failed to effect an improvement.
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Only if that also effects an improvement in public health.
The Sun
Reviewers were impressed with the graphical and sound effect improvements over the original game, and the fun gameplay.
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These compromises weakened the bill and underscore how difficult it was to effect improvements broadly and singly.
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effect of gravity
The effect of gravity on heavier fruits causes them to fall from the plant when ripe.
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The effect of gravity causes the light bodies to accelerate and gain momentum and kinetic energy (see slingshot effect).
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A particle on a 90 vertical incline feels the full effect of gravity, while a particle on a horizontal plane feels effectively no gravity.
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With dark energy, the expansion rate of the universe initially slows down, due to the effect of gravity, but eventually increases.
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The lighter carriage assembly effectively eliminates the effect of gravity on operation in the air and on the sea where level operation in not practical.
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effect of stress
Knowing that they were likely to develop the disease, she found that the effect of stress was something they were particularly interested in.
Times, Sunday Times
The impact of smoking had been proven but the effect of stress in pregnancy was much less clear, he said.
Times, Sunday Times
It also reduces the effects of stress, as measured by blood pressure and cortisol, all of which are relevant in reducing pain.
The Sun
The effects of stress are positive and should be utilised.
Times, Sunday Times
Because neuroception can completely override the effect of stress hormones, can be controlled by linking the noises and motions of flight to neuroceptive signals that calm the person.
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effects of pollution
The lions that sit at the top of the stairs have been eroded by the effects of pollution, however.
Times, Sunday Times
Since launching our campaign, evidence of the scale of the challenge and the harmful long-term effects of pollution has continued to mount.
Times,Sunday Times
It contains baicalin, which it claims can negate the effects of pollution and minimise the risk of pigmentation and dark spots.
The Sun
He told me he was studying the effects of pollution on athletes.
Times, Sunday Times
Some environmental funds enable consumers to invest in technology designed to mitigate the effects of pollution or in companies producing alternative energy sources such as wind power or biofuels.
Times, Sunday Times
enhance the effect
To enhance the effect use your darker foundation or bronzer on the sides of the nose.
The Sun
Proper, clicky keys with real 'travel' enhance the effect; best of all, sliding the carriage puts in a paragraph return.
Times, Sunday Times
To enhance the effect, cut them back now, not too hard, to a canopy of stronger twigs.
Times, Sunday Times
Big glasses enhance the effect.
Times, Sunday Times
She combines the pills and often uses alcohol to enhance their effect.
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environmental effect
Organisations will be split according to size and then into high, medium or low impact, depending on the environmental effect of their business.
Times, Sunday Times
She said scientists still don't know the oil's environmental effect underwater.
Chicago Sun-Times
We do not know every possible genetic or environmental effect on behavior that exists, nor will we ever.
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After analyzing his data, he could not conclude that the variability was caused by environmental effect.
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Management of introduced species focuses on species that are declared noxious and species which have a significant environmental effect.
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evaluate the effect
It was aimed to evaluate the effect of the angiotensin receptor blocker losartan in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
Tenenbaum Alexander, Fisman Enrique Z, Motro Michael 2002, 'Losartan and diabetic nephropathy: commentaries on the RENAAL study', Cardiovascular Diabetology
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of ovariectomy on nutrikinetics of genistein metabolites.
Da-Hye Lee, Min Jung Kim, Eun-Ji Song, Jin Hee Kim, Jiyun Ahn, Young-Do Nam, Young-Jin Jang, Tae-Youl Ha, Chang Hwa Jung 2017, 'Nutrikinetic study of genistein metabolites in ovariectomized mice', PLOS ONE
To evaluate the effect of an educational program on the quality of life of the hypertense patient.
Adalberto Jorge Barrón-Rivera, Federico Luis Torreblanca-Roldán, Landy Isabel Sánchez-Casanova, Miguel Martínez-Beltrán 1998, 'Efecto de una intervención educativa en la calidad de vida del paciente hipertenso Effect of an educational intervention on the quality of life of the hypertense patient', Salud Pública de México
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different substrates for growing mangabeira seedlings in plastic tubes.
Flávio Meneses Soares, Vander Mendonça, Alessandra Conceição de Oliveira, Elisângela Aparecida da Silva 2011, 'USE OF SUBSTRATES FOR GROWING Hancornia speciosa Gomes SEEDLINGS IN PLASTIC TUBES SUBSTRATOS NA PRODUÇÃO DE MUDAS DE MANGABEIRA EM TUBETES', Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical
Skeletal muscle relaxant effect was evaluated by using rotarod apparatus and sedative potentiating property by phenobarbitone-induced sleep potentiation study.
Protapaditya Dey, Sangita Chandra, Priyanka Chatterjee, Sanjib Bhattacharya 2011, 'Neuropharmacological properties of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. (Asteraceae)', Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research
examine the effect
The apoptotic effect was examined by double staining assay using etidium bromide–acridin orange.
Astrid Ayu Maruti, Fikri Amalia, Edy Meiyanto 2015, 'Synergistic Effect of Arecoline in Combination with Doxorubicin on HeLa Cervical Cancer Cells', ISCC (Indonesian Journal of Cancer Chemoprevention)
This study examined the effect of 5 ns electric pulses on macroscopic ionic currents in whole-cell voltage-clamped adrenal chromaffin cells.
Lisha Yang, Gale L. Craviso, P. Thomas Vernier, Indira Chatterjee, Normand Leblanc 2017, 'Nanosecond electric pulses differentially affect inward and outward currents in patch clamped adrenal chromaffin cells', PLOS ONE
Here, we examined the effect of direct modulation of actin microfilament dynamics on adipocyte differentiation.
Li Chen, Huimin Hu, Weimin Qiu, Kaikai Shi, Moustapha Kassem 2018, 'Actin depolymerization enhances adipogenic differentiation in human stromal stem cells', Stem Cell Research
We next examined the effect of exercise training on the circadian rhythmicity of insulin sensitivity.
Astrid L. Basse, Emilie Dalbram, Louise Larsson, Zach Gerhart-Hines, Zach Gerhart-Hines, Juleen R. Zierath, Juleen R. Zierath, Jonas T. Treebak 2018, 'Skeletal Muscle Insulin Sensitivity Show Circadian Rhythmicity Which Is Independent of Exercise Training Status', Frontiers in Physiology
A set of syndiotactic polypropylene/ clay composite samples were used to examine the effect of shear flow on crystallization kinetics.
N. Ahmad, E. Fouad, F. Ahmad 2018, 'Effect of Shear Flow on Crystallization of Sydiotactic Polypropylene/Clay Composites', Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research
far-reaching effect
His depravity and pure evil has had a far-reaching effect.
The Sun
Now, events have eroded confidence, and they will have a far-reaching effect.
Times, Sunday Times
More stringent rules rushed in by lenders during the crisis, and formalised in regulation during the years since, have had a far-reaching effect on the mortgage market.
Times, Sunday Times
The use of different frames of reference has a far-reaching effect on the cognition.
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He implemented some fundamental changes that were to have a far-reaching effect on the character of the regiment and on his career path.
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feedback effect
In the case of darker parts of the internet, the algorithms produce a destructive positive feedback effect.
Times, Sunday Times
This was the least important factor, though this feedback effect often led to an undesirable thrust oscillation called pogo.
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Associated changes in surface albedo and ocean-atmosphere heat and gas exchange accelerate global warming, having a positive feedback effect.
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What started off as a financial crisis for the banking system would become one where the economic feedback effects were dangerous and uncontrollable.
Times, Sunday Times
Road construction has the largest feedback effect, because it interacts withand leads tothe establishment of new settlements and more people, which causes a growth in wood (logging) and food markets.
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feel the effect of
His back must be feeling the effect of pushing a buggy around all afternoon.
The Sun (2012)
They have felt the effects of the economic downturn worse than any other group.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You have to take it for a long time before you feel an effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
harmful effect
A number of points about the potential harmful effects of sun exposure are worth knowing.
Understanding Cancer (1987)
Studies have suggested that long-term exposure could have harmful effects on human health.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This can have harmful effects on fertility.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
health effect
The health effect was even more pronounced in the soft-drinks sector.
Times, Sunday Times
The worry was not some unforeseen health effect of mixing the two substances, but rather contradictory application instructions.
Globe and Mail
These claims do not refer to a specific or general health effect, disease, or health condition.
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The health effect of radon can only be demonstrated through theory and statistical observation.
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The most evident adverse health effect ascertained was chloracne (193 cases).
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indirect effect
The committee seems happy with the idea of applying tools that will have the indirect effect of restricting risky mortgages.
Times, Sunday Times
Understandably, these are often - erroneously - assumed to be a direct result of the blood pressure rather than an indirect effect of the treatment.
Times, Sunday Times
However, reducing upfront costs and boosting market sentiment will have a powerful indirect effect.
Times, Sunday Times
But its indirect effect went north of the border.
Times, Sunday Times
The way that we cope with stress has an additional, indirect effect on our health.
Smithsonian Mag
intended effect
Acts may be intended to punish with or without resulting in the intended effect.
de Haan, Willem The Politics of Redress - crime, punishment and penal abolition (1989)
This was its direct and intended effect.
Kovel, Joel Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America (1994)
Some of these, directly opposite to the intended effect, could harm consumers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
investigate the effect of
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acemannan in calvarial defect healing.
Dyna Jeanne D. Godoy, Jaroenporn Chokboribal, Ruben Pauwels, Wijit Banlunara, Polkit Sangvanich, Sukanya Jaroenporn, Pasutha Thunyakitpisal 2018, 'Acemannan increased bone surface, bone volume, and bone density in a calvarial defect model in skeletally-mature rats', Journal of Dental Sciences
Therefore, we investigated the effect of high dose enalapril treatment on these alterations.
Karin Tyralla, Marcin Adamczak, Kerstin Benz, Valentina Campean, Marie-Luise Gross, Karl F Hilgers, Eberhard Ritz, Kerstin Amann 2011, 'High-dose enalapril treatment reverses myocardial fibrosis in experimental uremic cardiomyopathy.', PLoS ONE
To investigate the effect of processing, different glycosyl substituent products were tested.
Li Wen, Nan Xia, PeiPei Tang, Yi Hong, ZiZhen Wang, YaJie Liu, YanJu Liu, JianJun Liu, XiangQiong Li 2015, 'The Gastrointestinal Irritation of Polygala Saponins and Its Potential Mechanism In Vitro and In Vivo', BioMed Research International
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tillage methods to obtain suitable seedbed for monogerm seed.
M. A. Behaeen, G.R. Ashrafmansoori, F. Hamdi 2013, 'Effect of different tillage methods in monogerm seedbed preparation on yield and quality of sugar beet', Majallah-i Chughundar-i Qand
This study investigated the effect of vigor level in the performance of six oleraceous species seeds.
Denis Santiago da Costa, Rafael Marani Barbosa, Marco Eustaquio de Sá 2011, 'ACCELERATED AGING OF OLERACEOUS SPECIES SEEDS ENVELHECIMENTO ACELERADO DE SEMENTES DE ESPÉCIES OLERÁCEAS', Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical
lasting effect
Has this experience had a lasting effect on me?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I ask what lasting effect his father had on his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The medical people said there would be no lasting effects.
The Sun (2009)
lighting effect
For night driving, instrument illumination was effective but not dazzling, by a pale green lighting effect.
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Twinkling star lights were put in the ceiling and a lighting effect projected clouds passing overhead.
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It also hides the puppet strings and puppeteer movements, improves the musical and vocal acoustics, and provides a shimmering lighting effect.
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Realising what a transformation imaginative lighting creates, many kitchen companies are experimenting with lighting effects, and have developed some rather fabulous glow-in-thedark units.
Times, Sunday Times
While pushing a wagon through a tunnel, the animations and lighting effects made me question if this was really a game and not a movie.
The Sun
long-term effect
For a better long-term effect, pinch out the tips of sprawling varieties such as verbenas and petunias now.
Times, Sunday Times
We are now looking at the culture of cheap money and the long-term effect on the market as a peculiarity of developed markets.
Times, Sunday Times
Customers, particularly the young, are becoming increasingly aware of the long-term effect of fees on their savings and are ditching expensive funds.
Times,Sunday Times
Games where victory has immediate and long-term effect.
Times,Sunday Times
Yet the long-term effect of the programme was dramatic.
Times, Sunday Times
main effect
The main effect that body builders want is a boost of muscle mass, and anabolic steroids help you get big, fast.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A main effect of canonicity (collapsing across relatedness) provided an index of difficulty in inhibiting a prepotent response.
Erica L. Middleton, Nazbanou Nozari 2014, 'A Paradigm for Investigating Executive Control Mechanisms in Word Retrieval in Language-Impaired and Neurotypical Speakers', Frontiers in Psychology
In the teacher ratings of preschool students' relationally aggressive behavior, a main effect for age was observed.
Karen A. Morine, Laura M. Crothers, James B. Schreiber, Jered B. Kolbert, Tammy L. Hughes, Ara J. Schmitt 2011, 'Relational Aggression in Preschool Students: An Exploration of the Variables of Sex, Age, and Siblings', Child Development Research
maximum effect
It's all about maximum effect for minimum effort.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The experiments were designed for maximum effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The exhibition features a range of work from photographers who have used colour to maximum effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
measure the effect of
A quantum sensor can measure the effect of the quantum state of another system on itself.
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The official purpose of the flight was not to gain maximum height, but rather to measure the effect of sun radiation within the tropopause.
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They also fail to measure the effects of cooking, which can reduce a dish's calories.
The Sun
They will also conduct a number of scientific experiments, helping to measure the effects of global climate change on the polar ice caps.
Times, Sunday Times
For this reason they measured the effects of the crop on all nematodes, including the friendly ones that eat bacteria.
Times, Sunday Times
mild effect
We don't know whether what she has will have a severe or mild effect on the rest of her life, so it's impossible to plan.
The Sun
Salicylic acid has a mild effect on seborrhoea.
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In general, the calcium oxalate crystals have a very mild effect on humans, and large quantities have to be consumed for symptoms to even appear.
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With a chin leather strap it has a mild effect, with double chain a stronger effect.
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Blunt studs have a relatively mild effect.
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mimic the effect of
In the future, drugs that mimic the effects of the gene could help burns victims.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The company says the idea was to mimic the wraparound effect of a crash helmet visor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Steroids mimic the effects of testosterone and boost muscle growth.
The Sun (2015)
minimal effect on
You will not require planning consent if the panels have a minimal effect on the external appearance of your home and do not protrude more than 200mm above roof level.
Times, Sunday Times
I honestly think her being away had a minimal effect on him.
Times, Sunday Times
This allows for the replacement of hardware or software components with minimal effect on the preservation system.
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Aspirin taken orally has minimal effect on itch.
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Additions housing the kitchen and garage are architecturally similar and have minimal effect on the overall appearance of the house.
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mitigate the effect
I attended a heartfelt debate about how to mitigate the effect of the turnkey camps.
Times, Sunday Times
Third, even to mitigate the effect of his tax raid would be to own up to error.
Times, Sunday Times
There might be very good social reasons for government intervening to mitigate that effect, especially in poorer and more vulnerable communities.
Times, Sunday Times
The fact that it was ethically and carefully grown and conceived really didn't mitigate the effect.
Times, Sunday Times
They are often given to mitigate the effect of penalties.
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negative effect
The negative effect is greater for certain sectors, notably semi-skilled and unskilled work in services.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
If you overegg it, it could have a negative effect on some people.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The employee is representing the business and his actions may have a negative effect on how your clients perceive the company.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A study of 8,000 women by fertility experts showed coffee, tea and cola all had a negative effect.
The Sun (2008)
But endless hours commuting have only a negative effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
negligible effect
Across the world, the researchers found that weak solar activity would have a negligible effect on temperatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But for men, marital loss has a negligible effect on the risk of heart disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The presence of mistletoe plants in the sample tree had negligible effect on detectability.
Rodrigo F Fadini, Renato Cintra 2015, 'Modeling occupancy of hosts by mistletoe seeds after accounting for imperfect detectability.', PLoS ONE
It was found that lutetia has a negligible effect on the phase formation in terbia.
Stanislav S. Balabanov, Dmitry A. Permin, Elena Ye. Rostokina, Sergey V. Egorov, Andrey A. Sorokin 2018, 'Sinterability of nanopowders of terbia solid solutions with scandia, yttria, and lutetia', Journal of Advanced Ceramics
net effect
The net effect is to increase peak discharge heights and the probability of overtopping flood defences in the lowlands.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The net effect on government coffers would not be entirely positive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The net effect is that banks will contribute another 1.7 billion in tax over the next six years.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The net effect of this year's direct tax changes will still be to reduce household incomes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
noticeable effect
We have, after all, had years of exposés and indignant eyewitness reports without noticeable effect on the junta.
Times, Sunday Times
The recession has had a noticeable effect on why young people in particular volunteer.
The Sun
There were nervous comments from ministers but withdrawal day came and went without any noticeable effect on the banks.
Times, Sunday Times
But even if a vaccine can be developed, it would take at least ten years to have a noticeable effect.
The Sun
I have destroyed two wasp nests nearby but to little noticeable effect.
Times, Sunday Times
observe an effect
Replication was obtained with all the studied viruses and cytopathic effect was observed with some.
Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo 1990, 'Uso de células de Aedes albopictus C6/36 na propagação e classificação de arbovírus das famílias Togaviridae, Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae e Rhabdoviridae', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
A 25% cytopathic effect was observed after 48 hours and 100% after 96 hours.
Figueiredo Cristina A, Oliveira Maria I, Curti Suely P, Cruz Aurea S, Moreira Eliane, Afonso Ana MS, Salles-Gomes Luís Florêncio de 2000, 'RC-IAL cell line: sensitivity of rubella virus grow', Revista de Saúde Pública
No cytopathic effect was observed after 7 days.
Carlos R. Pantoja, Solangel A. Navarro, Jaime Naranjo, Donald V. Lightner, Charles P. Gerba 2004, 'Nonsusceptibility of Primate Cells to Taura Syndrome Virus', Emerging Infectious Diseases
The ovicidal effect was observed in all treatments.
Antonio Pancrácio de Souza, José Djair Vendramim 2000, 'Atividade ovicida de extratos aquosos de meliáceas sobre a mosca branca Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biótipo B em tomateiro Ovicidal activity of aqueous extracts of meliaceae on the silverleaf whitefly for tomato', Scientia Agricola
offset the effect of
The impact of more than $100 billion of tax rebates also helped to offset the effect of the housing slump and high energy costs.
Times, Sunday Times
The couple are instead invested in equity income funds to offset the effect of inflation on their savings.
Times, Sunday Times
Sales at the company have more than offset the effect of the rising costs of ingredients, most notably butter.
The Sun
He pointed to the fact that pension funds had been buying oil shares to offset the effect of the weakening dollar on the value of their portfolios.
Times, Sunday Times
The employers argued they should not make higher payments to offset the effect of the wildcat strikes.
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opposite effect
What is called ' comfort eating' in fact has the opposite effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Practice periods that end in gloom and despondency must be avoided - they have the opposite effect of reinforcing or " conditioning" helplessness.
Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
Strangely enough, this constant monitoring had the opposite effect to that intended.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It has had the opposite effect, with an insurer now saying I cannot get cover at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Political intransigence has had the opposite effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
overall effect
The overall effect is hallucinogenic, paranoid and almost gruellingly clever.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And the overall effect of these massive volumes is utterly delightful.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Was the overall effect still too cool?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The overall effect is thrillingly theatrical.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
physical effect
Lack of sunlight has physical effects on kids, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I also exercise to combat the physical effects of worry.
Christianity Today (2000)
We know a certain amount about the physical effect of acute emotional anxiety on the unborn child.
Caring for your Unborn Child (1990)
physiological effect
A potential stumbling block may lie in the definition of when an anti-ageing cosmetic becomes a medicine, creating a demonstrable physiological effect.
Times, Sunday Times
Remove milk from between meals and restrict snacks completely in order to utilise the powerful physiological effect of hunger.
Times, Sunday Times
So try cycling, rowing or another activity for similar physiological effect.
Times, Sunday Times
Although we think of music as an aural experience, it has a powerful physiological effect on the body.
Times, Sunday Times
The war had a negative physiological effect on him, and his relationship with his family quickly deteriorated.
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positive effect
Another supplement called bromelain also has a positive effect.
The Sun (2009)
This has a positive effect on relationships at work and with friends.
The Sun (2009)
But she says it had a positive effect by turning her into a fitness freak.
The Sun (2012)
possible effect
Consumers became concerned about the possible effect these hydrocarbons could be having on the ozone layer.
The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
What is still not certain is if these are the cause or possible effect of Alzheimer's.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And what are the possible effects on the life of the Church and on society?
Christianity Today (2000)
potential effect
Concerns about the potential effects of tougher regulations were to blame.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The army, navy and air force have all since done studies into the potential effects on health and safety, morale and legal issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
These pictures can then be doctored to show the potential effects on you of various cosmetic surgical procedures.
The Sun (2006)
powerful effect
The colour of food has a powerful effect on how we think it tastes.
The Sun (2013)
For example, vitamin pills are consumed by many millions of people in expectation that they will exert a powerful effect on health and well-being.
Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995)
The public industry norm information can have a powerful effect on organisations that opt for secrecy or privacy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
practical effect
The practical effect is to make audio sound louder and more monotonous.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What is the practical effect of this result?
Christianity Today (2000)
The practical effect of this change is that an employee has the statutory right to request flexible working for any reason at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
predict the effect
Again, only the brave or the foolish dare predict the effect of the president's proposal.
Times, Sunday Times
A formula was used to predict the effect of smoking on disease rates.
The Sun
If we can better understand what parts of the brain are intimately connected, we can predict the effect of localized brain injury.
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Now he guides us through the findings of a new climate study, predicting the effects of increasing temperatures in 2020, 2050 and 2080.
Times, Sunday Times
This process attempts to develop valid and reliable methods to better understand and predict the effects of human variability with its environmental interactions on safety.
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produce an effect
Turning up the volume produced a familiar effect: feedback.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Ambitious striving often produces the opposite effect from the one desired.
Christianity Today (2000)
But at their best, they do their job perfectly, producing the intended effect.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
profound effect
Without a deal, there would be a profound effect on their day-to-day lives, involving social security payments, healthcare, data-sharing and more.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
She said:'I have no doubt that the loss of her close and very dear friend in very tragic circumstances would have had a profound effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Light exerts a profound effect on plants and all animal life.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
The things we think about and imagine have a profound effect on how we feel.
Pete Cohen and Sten Cummins with Jennai Cox HABIT BUSTING: A 10-step plan that will change your life (2002)
So it does have a profound effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
protective effect
How does HDL exert its protective effect?
Kowalski, Robert E The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1990)
Again, oestrogen seems to have a protective effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is some evidence that aspirin has a smaller protective effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It may be women have some sort of protective effect against the most serious symptoms of the condition.
The Sun (2009)
psychological effect
Could what my daughter reads now have a lasting psychological effect?
Times, Sunday Times
Libido was probably reduced by the psychological effect of believing that the tea had been doctored.
Times, Sunday Times
The diagnosis of cancer and treatment can have a profound psychological effect on both partners, who may be left feeling traumatised by the experience.
Times, Sunday Times
Like allegedly rampant head-lice, these were seen as signifying neglect, not poverty; bed-wetting was blamed on poor parenting, not the psychological effect of sudden displacement.
The Times Literary Supplement
Psychological effects include depression and anxiety.
The Sun
quantum effect
He also wants to avoid running into quantum effects.
The Times Literary Supplement
He should be king of the world, but he seems happiest discussing novel quantum effects in low-temperature quasi-zero dimensional mesoscopic electron systems.
Times, Sunday Times
Considering the universe in this way, scientists believe, could yield the sought-after theory that explains both gravity and quantum effects.
Times, Sunday Times
It would certainly exercise free will of a kind, courtesy of gaps in determinism due to chaos and quantum effects (surveyed in an appendix on 'quantum consciousness').
The Times Literary Supplement
Sands was the first to show - theoretically and experimentally - the importance of quantum effects in electron accelerators.
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radiation effects
These effects decrease in power far more quickly with distance than do the far-field radiation effects.
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While deterministic radiation effects are a possibility, radiation burns are not typical of standard fluoroscopic procedures.
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Vacuum tubes are much less sensitive to radiation effects.
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As a result, he was in charge of space radiation effects on space craft and their components.
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The field includes the study of photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, visual processing, circadian rhythms, bioluminescence, and ultraviolet radiation effects.
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reduce the effect of
Batteries don't like the cold, so parking in a garage or close to a wall to reduce the effect of wind chill will help conserve its charge.
Times, Sunday Times
Reflective film has been applied to the glass roof to reduce the effect of the sun's heat, helping to lessen the need for energy-hungry air conditioning.
Times, Sunday Times
Some inhaled anaesthetics used for general anesthesia, such as cyclopropane and halothane, may reduce the effect of oxytocin and ergometrine.
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They were designed to reduce the effect of torpedo detonations and improve stability.
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This will put the fish into semi dormancy and slow down diseases as well as reduce the effect of toxins such as ammonia.
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reverse effect
At the same time, potions appear that are designed to achieve the reverse effect on the head.
Times, Sunday Times
Over the same timespan there was a reverse effect with rates of anxiety.
Times,Sunday Times
So far from driving readers from libraries and on to the internet, digital collections are likely to have the reverse effect.
Times, Sunday Times
Entertainment gadgets have the reverse effect - they stunt communication.
The Sun
However, nerves in the financial markets are having a reverse effect.
Times, Sunday Times
salutary effect
Many times fear can have a salutary effect.
Christianity Today (2000)
It had the salutary effect of ensuring that we focused on the big points.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It will have a salutary effect on those who vote as well as on the politicians seeking that vote.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
same effect
Secondary glazing is a low-cost way to get the same energy-saving effects of double glazing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With a wig, you can get the same effect instantly without the damage to your hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It had the same effect on me.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
severe effect
Both changes are having a particularly severe effect on science.
Times, Sunday Times
Unite said that job losses would have a 'severe effect on the local economy'.
Times, Sunday Times
Even a far lower charge - 10p a mile, say - would have a severe effect on people in rural areas.
Times, Sunday Times
But other junk foods such as fizzy drinks and takeaways did not have such a severe effect.
The Sun
Wetting conditions near industrial plants or saltwater will have more severe effect on the jacket resistance than in freshwater rain or fog.
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short-term effect
However, he said that such treatments could make the vocal cords too stiff or have only a short-term effect.
Times, Sunday Times
The short-term effect of the uprising will have been to worsen these problems, reducing vital sources of overseas income.
Times, Sunday Times
Whatever he said, it had little short-term effect.
Times, Sunday Times
The short-term effect was disastrous.
Times, Sunday Times
Promotions have only a short-term effect, and do not affect a brand's subsequent sales or brand loyalty.
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significant effect
Oil pollution and overfishing are also having a significant effect on penguin feeding patterns.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He was able to use his extensive experience and knowledge of constitutional procedure to often significant effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Memory lapses should not have a significant effect on your daily life.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Neither one found evidence of any significant effect.
The Sun (2008)
The team say this could have a significant effect on exam performance and wellbeing.
The Sun (2010)
spillover effect
The spillover effect also threatened to push the stronger eurozone economies into a deep recession.
Times,Sunday Times
The prospect of wider seats and more generous legroom will thrill any long-limbed traveller who has experienced the spillover effect of passengers too broad for standard seats.
Times, Sunday Times
Nearby fisheries and ecosystem can benefit from an enhanced recruitment within the protected area when individuals leave the protected zone (spillover effect).
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The phenomenon relies on the common spillover effect (described below), where certain adsorbed species exhibit high mobility on some surfaces.
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The spillover effect on property values on the streets to the east was enhanced when the new state capitol was just to the east.
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study the effect of
He told me he was studying the effects of pollution on athletes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The problem is that studying the real effect of vitamins is incredibly hard.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The purpose of the research was to study the effects of illumination on worker productivity.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
subtle effect
Rather, they are to do with the social rules that exert such a subtle effect on all of us.
Times, Sunday Times
Waxes give a subtle effect, stain accentuates the grain and dye provides the most uniform colour, evening out imperfections.
Times, Sunday Times
You may, however, prefer a more subtle effect.
Times, Sunday Times
Because some flowers are still in bud while others are fully open, the variation in colour creates a deliciously subtle effect.
Times, Sunday Times
I arrived instantly at a more subtle effect.
Times, Sunday Times
suffer the effects of
She was suffering the effects of previous knee surgery, and did not complete the course.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Everybody, it seems, suffered the effects of Iceland's misbehaving volcano.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is not the only bank that is still suffering the effects of the credit crunch.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
test the effect
They were kept in a water-filled centrifuge to test the effect of gravitational fields on the otolith, the inner ear's balance mechanism.
Times, Sunday Times
The trial will test the effect of adding a further stage to the process.
Times, Sunday Times
One experiment involved sticking a needle, called a bodkin, in his eye to test the effect on vision.
Times, Sunday Times
Bluff evidence, false evidence, and unreliable witnesses were used to test their effect.
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The 1.6 million lab will generate artificial lightning with up to 200,000 amps to test the effects on the composite materials.
Times, Sunday Times
therapeutic effect
We also investigated the therapeutic effect of this ointment on comedones.
Yamakoshi T, Makino T, Matsunaga K, Yoshihisa Y, Ur Rehman M, Seki T, Hayashi Y, Shimizu T 2012, 'Efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate ointment (Oronine H®) for experimentally-induced comedones', Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
This study was conducted to determine the therapeutic effect of clofibrate in term neonates with non-hemolytic jaundice.
Parviz Ayazi, Abolfazl Mahyar, Morteza Habibi, Farzad Ahmadabadi, Amir Javadi 2012, 'The Effect of Clofibrate on Hyperbilirubinemia of Term Neonates', Acta Medica Iranica
Histological and multiphoton microscope analysis confirmed the therapeutic effect in the transduced hearts.
Mikko P Turunen, Tiia Husso, Haja Musthafa, Svetlana Laidinen, Galina Dragneva, Nihay Laham-Karam, Sanna Honkanen, Anne Paakinaho, Johanna P Laakkonen, Erhe Gao, Maija Vihinen-Ranta, Timo Liimatainen, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala 2014, 'Epigenetic upregulation of endogenous VEGF-A reduces myocardial infarct size in mice.', PLoS ONE
treatment effect
In this case, the treatment effect and the blocking effect are said to be confounded.
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In addition, a sensitivity analysis indicated that the overall treatment effect might be overestimated.
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The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect.
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From 2004-2008, he continued to explore the efficacy of non-local consciousness to achieve benevolent treatment effect.
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An asymmetric funnel indicates a relationship between treatment effect and study size.
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unintended effect
Now we are about to license an electronic medium which uncontrolled, could have the unintended effect of delaying such integration.
Collins, Richard Television - policy and culture (1990)
One unintended effect of the new allowance could be to hit the flow of money into cash Isas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This makes a distinction between acting with the intention to kill and performing an act where death is an unintended effect.
The Sun (2014)
visual effect
He charmed me in about three seconds, and there was some weird visual effect that made everybody else blur into insignificance.
Times,Sunday Times
Grow in quantity for the best visual effect - and the best smell.
Times, Sunday Times
We planted them close for visual effect, but the unplanned sound has been a serendipitous offshoot.
Times, Sunday Times
This can then be used to superimpose a separately filmed scene or visual effect to create a composite.
Times, Sunday Times
Beware ditzy prints on webcam: with a bad connection they can add to the general fuzziness, or worse, start strobing like a bad visual effect from the 1980s.
Times,Sunday Times
warming effect
The basic physics tells us that greenhouse gases have some warming effect.
Times, Sunday Times
Carbon dioxide emitted today will have a warming effect for another 100 years.
Times, Sunday Times
Replacing cropland with trees can have a net warming effect because forests are less reflective than crops and absorb more solar radiation, the study says.
Times, Sunday Times
Greenhouse gases continue to have a warming effect long after they are emitted.
Times, Sunday Times
The radiosonde data showed a pronounced warming effect throughout the troposphere during the winter months, while the stratosphere above cooled appreciably.
Times, Sunday Times
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