单词
efficacious
英 [,ef?'ke???s]
美
基本信息
- adj. 有效的；灵验的
GRE畅通词汇
英英释意
- 1. marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect;
- "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley
- "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
- 2. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;
- "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
- "effective teaching methods"
- "effective steps toward peace"
- "made an effective entrance"
- "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"
- "an efficacious law"
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