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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

效力 [xiàolì]
  1. 1. verb serve
  2. 2. noun effectiveness
    这种药很有效力
    This medicine is very effective.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

效力 [xiàolì]
  1. 1. render a service to; serve
    为国效力
    serve one's country
  2. 2. effect
    这药很有效力
    The medicine is efficacious.
  3. 3. noun power

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

效力 [xiàolì]
  1. 1. 效劳
    为国效力
  2. 2. 事物产生的积极作用
    这番话很有效力

Examples

仍有效力
be still effective; be still in force
进行的改革有一定的效力
The reforms that were brought in had some effect.
为国效力
这份合同经公证处认证,具有法律效力
an ex post facto law
有追溯效力的法令
The fact I have remembered its message after 12 years is a testimony to its effectiveness.
我能在时隔十二年后还记得它的信息,这足以证明它的效力之高。
The judge cannot acknowledge the validity of the housing contract.
法官无法认可房屋合同的效力

Word Decomposition


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