effect

affect, effect, influence

• to affect a policy is to have an effect on it.
  影响一项政策就是对该政策具有一种影响。
• the news did not affect her at all.＝the news had no effect on her at all.
  这条消息对她没有一点影响。

• they effected their escape in the middle of the night.
  他们半夜逃脱了。
• he effected great changes in the company.
  他使公司发生了巨大的变化。

• what you read influences your thinking.
  你读的东西对你的思想有影响。
• it’s clear that her painting has been influenced by picasso.
  她的画显然受了毕加索的影响。
• television has a strong influence on people.
  电视对人有很大的影响。

consequence, result, effect, outcome

名词 effect:

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   同义词：consequence, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
2. an outward appearance
   同义词：impression
3. (of a law) having legal validity
   同义词：force
4. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
5. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   同义词：essence, burden, core, gist

动词 effect:

1. produce
   同义词：effectuate, set up
2. act so as to bring into existence

1. Some ancient laws are still in effect.
   有些古时的法律现在仍然有效。
2. The room shows off her paintings to good effect.
   这个房间把她绘画的优点充分显示出来。
3. The aspirins soon took effect.
   服下的阿司匹林药片很快见效了。
4. The two systems are, in effect, identical.
   这两种制度实际上一模一样。
5. We've tried our best to effect reconciliation between the two parties.
   我们已尽了最大努力希望促成双方和解。
6. The advertising campaign didn't have much effect on sales.
   这些广告攻势对销售额并没有起到多大作用。
7. A new system of taxation will be brought into effect next year.
   新的税收制度将于明年实行。

ef.fect

n.（名词）
Something brought about by a cause or an agent; a result.
结果：由某种原因或行为而产生的事；结果
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence:
影响，效用：能引起某种结果的力量；影响：
例句：
The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government`s action had no effect on the trade imbalance.
这药对止痛能立刻生效。政府的行为对商业不均衡毫无作用

A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon:
假设，现象：科技规律、假设或现象：
例句：
the photovoltaic effect.
电光效应

Advantage; avail:
利益；效益：
例句：
used her words to great effect in influencing the jury.
她的话有易于影响陪审团

The condition of being in full force or execution:
实施，实行：生效或实施的状况：
例句：
a new regulation that goes into effect tomorrow.
新法规明日生效

Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention:
感受，效果：产生特殊印象或为产生或支持总设计的东西：
例句：
The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama.
灯光效果强调出这出戏残酷无情的气氛

A particular impression:
特殊印象：
例句：
large windows that gave an effect of spaciousness.
大窗户给人一种空旷感

Production of a desired impression:
印象：一定印象的产物：
例句：
spent lavishly on dinner just for effect.
晚餐吃得很奢侈浪费只是为了面子上好看

The basic or general meaning; import:
主旨：主旨大意；要点：
例句：
He said he was greatly worried, or words to that effect.
他说他非常担忧，或大致是这个意思

effects Movable belongings; goods.
effects 动产：可移动的财产；货物
v.tr.（及物动词）
ef.fect.ed,ef.fect.ing,ef.fects
To bring into existence.
使存在
To produce as a result.
实现：产生一种结果
To bring about.See Usage Note at affect
产生参见 affect

<习惯用语>in effect
In essence; to all purposes:
实质上；本质上：
例句：
testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement.
证词实际上与她以前的话相反

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin effectus [past participle of] efficere [to accomplish]
源自 拉丁语 effectus [] efficere的过去分词 [实现]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.前.]
facere [to make] * see dhô-
facere [做] *参见 dhô-

【引伸】
effect.er
n.（名词）
effect.ible
adj.（形容词）
<参考词汇><同义词>effect,consequence,result,outcome,upshot,sequelThese nouns denote something, such as an occurrence, a situation, or a condition, that is brought about by a cause.Aneffect is produced by the action of an agent or a cause and follows it in time:
这些名词表示由某种原因引起的事物，如事件、情况或条件等。effect 是由行为者的行为或原因产生并随后产生的：
例句：
.Every cause produces more than one effect. (Herbert Spencer).Aconsequence also follows a cause and is traceable to it, but the relationship between them is less sharply definable:
.每个原因可产生多个结果. （休伯特·斯宾塞）。consequence 也由原因引起并可追溯到该原因， 但两个词间的关系并不能严格界定：

例句：
.Servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt. (John P. Curran). Aresult is an effect, or the last in a series of effects, that is viewed as the end product of the operation of the cause:
.强制劳动立即成为他犯罪的结果和对其罪行的惩罚. （约翰·P·卡伦）。result 是一种结果，或系列结果中最后一个，被认为是原因作用下产生的最后结果：

例句：
.Judging from the results I have seen . . . I cannot say . . . that I agree with you. (William H. Mallock).Anoutcome is a result but more strongly than result implies finality and may suggest the operation of a cause over a relatively long period:
.从我看到的后果来看…我不能说…我同意你. （威廉·H·马洛克）。outcome 作为一种结果比 result 要强烈， 表示最终结果或原因作用了较长一段时间以后的结果：

例句：
If you had refused, the outcome would probably not have been very different. Anupshot is a decisive result, often of the nature of a climax:
如果你拒绝的话，结局也许也不会有什么不同。 upshot 是一种决定性结果，常用于形容高潮：

例句：
.The upshot of the matter . . . was that she showed both of them the door. (Robert Louis Stevenson).Asequel is a consequence that ensues after a lapse of time:
.事情的结局…是她把两人都赶出了门. （罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森）。sequel 是一种在一段时间之后再产生的结果：

例句：
.Our dreams are the sequel of our waking knowledge. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).See also Synonyms at perform
.我们的梦想是我们清醒时意识的继续. （拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生）参见同义词 perform