effects

affect, effect, influence

均可表示“影响”。
affect: 动词(及物)，主要指一时的影响，着重影响的动作，可指一般意义的影响(不分好坏)，也可指不良影响。

• 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。

effect: 名词(可数或不可数)，affect＝have an effect on。effect有时虽用作动词(及物)，但不表示“影响”，而表示“实现”或“产生”等。

• 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。

influence: 表示“影响”，主要指对行为、性格、观点等产生间接的或潜移默化的影响。可用作动词(及物)或名词(通常不可数，但有时可连用不定冠词)。

• 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

这些名词均含“结果”之意。
consequence: 多指随某一事件引起的，必然或自然的不良结果，不强调直接的因果关系，而侧重事件发展的逻辑关系。
result: 普通用词，含义广泛，侧重因某种原因所产生的最终结果，而不是眼前的结果。
effect: 指因某种原因直接产生的结果，着重持续稳定与其影响。
outcome: 普通用词，多指事物经过一系列发展变化所导致的最终结局，而不是某种原因的直接结果。常可与result通用。

名词 effects:

1. property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
   同义词：personal effects

名词 effect:

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

动词 effect:

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

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。