• n. 影響；效果；作用
• vt. 產生；達到目的

ef-, 向外。-fect, 做，詞源同fact, affect. 即做出來的效果。

effect

effect: [14] Etymologically, an effect is that which is ‘accomplished’ or ‘done’. The word comes (probably via Old French effect) from effectus, the past participle of Latin efficere ‘perform, accomplish, complete’, or literally ‘work out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and facēre ‘make, do’ (source of English fact, factory, etc).

The English verbal use, ‘bring about’, is a 16th-century development based on the noun. (The similar affect also comes ultimately from Latin facēre, but with the prefix ad- ‘to’ rather than ex-.) Latin efficere is also the source of English efficacious [16] and efficient [14]. The feck- of feckless is an abbreviated version of effect.
=> efficacious, efficient, fact, factory, fashion, feckless

effect (n.)

mid-14c., "execution or completion (of an act)," from Old French efet (13c., Modern French effet) "result, execution, completion, ending," from Latin effectus "accomplishment, performance," from past participle stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + facere "to do" (see factitious). From French, borrowed into Dutch, German, Scandinavian.

From late 14c. as "power or capacity to produce an intended result; efficacy, effectiveness," and in astrology, "operation or action (of a heavenly body) on human affairs; influence." Also "that which follows from something else; a consequence, a result." From early 15c. as "intended result, purpose, object, intent." Also formerly with a sense of "reality, fact," hence in effect (late 14c.), originally "in fact, actually, really." Meaning "impression produced on the beholder" is from 1736. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881.

effect (v.)

"to produce as a result; to bring to a desired end," 1580s, from Latin effectus, past participle of efficere (see effect (n.)). Related: Effecting; effection.

1. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?

若IBM公司和蘋果公司聯手將會有什么效果呢？

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2. And what of the effect on U.S domestic opinion?

對美國國內的輿論有什么影響？

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3. Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect.

莫里斯先生認為博物館作的廣告卓有成效。

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4. The effect on coffee prices has been disastrous for the producers.

對咖啡價格的影響對生產商而言是災難性的。

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5. Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.

即使從遠處看，他的狐貍戲服也很搶眼。

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