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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- efficient [ɪ'fɪʃənt]
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1.
adjective
[+person, organization, system]
效率高的
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1.
adjective
[+person, organization, system]
效率高的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- efficient [ɪ'fɪʃənt]
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1.
adj
functioning or producing effectively and with the least waste of effort; competent
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2.
adj
[philosophy]
producing a direct effect; causative
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin effici
e ns effecting
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1.
adj
functioning or producing effectively and with the least waste of effort; competent
Examples
- the efficient cause
- 直接生效的原因 → efficient
- 他办事干净利落。
- He's very efficient. → 干净利落
- 办事机构要少而精。
- The executive organs should be smaller but more efficient. → 少而精
- 他的工作效率是高。
- He is really efficient. → 是
- 效率高
- efficient → 效率
- 这事儿最好分头协作, 搭班干反而效率不高。
- It is better to go about the work separately, as collaboration would make us less efficient. → 搭帮
- 这么快就干完那些活儿了, 你可真是高效！
- You've finished your work so soon, you're so efficient! → 高效能
- 他的检字速度很快。
- He is efficient at looking up words in reference books. → 检字
- 新款的冰箱不仅外观漂亮, 而且提高了能效, 更加节能省电了！
- The new-style refrigerator is not only beautiful in appearance but also more efficient in power saving. → 能效
- 居家过日，以俭为本。
- In order to run an efficient household, you have to be thrifty. → 居家
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