| 单词 | efficient |
| 释义 | efficient (ɪfɪʃənt ) adjective B1 If something or someone is efficient, they are able to do tasks successfully, without wasting time or energy. With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers. efficiently adverb B1 I work very efficiently and am decisive, and accurate in my judgement. Collocations: efficient engine Having a fully reusable and efficient engine would also greatly reduce the cost of space flight, researchers claim. Times, Sunday Times The neo will come with a larger, more efficient engine that will cut fuel consumption by about 15 per cent. Times, Sunday Times This provided a very efficient engine, which won many awards both at home and abroad. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The thinner air will reduce air resistance and allow more efficient engine geometries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This set-up should produce the most efficient engine setting / best glide speed equation (for the particular circumstance). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Conflicting interests curdled reforms and impeded efficient government. The Times Literary Supplement We are committed to smaller, more efficient government. Times, Sunday Times Yet the cuts are supposed to be accompanied by more efficient government too - the so-called 'more for less' agenda. Times, Sunday Times They would provide effective and efficient government and prospective donors would be so impressed that money would flood in. Times, Sunday Times Wellington detached himself from the hurly-burly of party politics, which he considered an obstacle to efficient government. Times, Sunday Times To prepare for a switch away from gas to potentially less efficient heating, start with loft insulation, draughtproofing and double glazing. Times,Sunday Times He says that the experience could have turned into an ordeal had it not been for an endless supply of fresh coffee and the school's efficient heating system. Times, Sunday Times Attention should be paid to sound reduction and efficient heating. Times, Sunday Times These modified fireplaces are often equipped with a large fire window, enabling an efficient heating process in two phases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unlike the common coal gas, or coke gas which was used in municipal service, this gas provided a more efficient heating fuel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But remember that the 911 has evolved through years of refinement into a ruthlessly efficient machine. Times, Sunday Times This was an idealistic communal culture that conceived of itself as one vast efficient machine - but just couldn't pull it off. The Times Literary Supplement The demographics of the crowd suggested that the most efficient machine would be one that permitted direct deposit of a social security cheque. Times, Sunday Times I have panicky moments, but my psychologist has turned me into a more efficient machine. Times, Sunday Times There's a mysterious mechanism that acts upon your genes so that, at best, you turn into the fittest, most efficient machine you can be in your environment. Times, Sunday Times Some other types of policy are vital for the efficient management of your employees. Times, Sunday Times New software might be more reliable, better bailiffs might increase debt recovery, more efficient management might be able to use less labour in the system. Times, Sunday Times Her incisive comment, efficient management, and humanity made her immensely liked and respected. Times, Sunday Times These are the costs incurred in searching, bargaining and negotiating for particular goods - costs which companies can lower by co-ordinating production and by efficient management. Times, Sunday Times This and other potential solutions all require resourcing and efficient management. Times, Sunday Times Taxes on transactions are always potentially damaging, as they distort the market by pushing people's decisions away from an efficient market. Times, Sunday Times As an example of a highly competitive and efficient market, he points to the buying and selling of government bonds. Times, Sunday Times This created an efficient market and relatively low energy bills. Times, Sunday Times The efficient market hypothesis, the theory that liquid markets are always right, held sway. Times, Sunday Times The efficient market hypothesis asserts that prices accurately reflect available information and investors behave rationally. Times, Sunday Times These passively managed funds are designed to provide an efficient mechanism for investors to buy local currency funds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some marine fish, like sharks, have adopted a different, efficient mechanism to conserve water, i.e., osmoregulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hence, plants need an efficient mechanism of regulating the amount of chlorophyll precursor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Messages can also be useful as a robust and efficient mechanism to implement resynchronization points in some applications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clumped distribution in species acts as a mechanism against predation as well as an efficient mechanism to trap or corner prey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And isn't literature its most efficient method of delivery? Times, Sunday Times (2015) The first major potential advance in treating the disease was not a new drug but a better and more efficient method of screening. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We do not have a content mill but an efficient method to get people the information they need when they want it. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The filter press has thus proven to be a more efficient method to optimize platinum recovery from hydrolysis cake. 2018, 'Optimization of the hydrolysis cake filtration process in platinum extraction', Leonardo Journal of Sciences Longwall mining continues to remain the most efficient method for underground coal recovery. 2013, 'Developing selective mining capability for longwall shearers using thermal infrared-based seam tracking', International Journal of Mining Science and Technology The vehicle uses just 1,200 watts of solar power to run its 98 per cent efficient motor. The Sun Although he refused to call it perpetual motion, he stated that it might be an extremely efficient motor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Across the world car makers have gone back to the drawing board to develop fuel efficient motors that won't cook the planet. The Sun The development technologies that we are interested in are highly efficient motors and longer-lasting batteries. Times, Sunday Times Grant on energy efficient motors, which was valued at 2.5 million. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Managers communicate from a central database with their employees' handheld devices, making for a cost-effective and efficient operation. Times, Sunday Times I run an efficient operation that lets me sell my product cheaper than his. Christianity Today The company has a good-quality landbank and the management has made use of the downturn to make it a more efficient operation. Times, Sunday Times That the company has become a more efficient operation thanks to the business review. Times, Sunday Times Whereas manufacturers have to balance performance against price, with most filters being made from paper layers, the specialist filter makers can put efficient operation at the top of the list. Times, Sunday Times Apply this principle to health authorities and local authorities across the country and a truly efficient outcome would prevail. Times, Sunday Times Their bargaining will be the most efficient outcome. Times, Sunday Times Donor countries believed that a reduction in the size and the reach of the state could provide a more efficient outcome. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can also show the difficulty of moving to an efficient outcome in the presence of bilateral monopoly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This could lead to an efficient outcome approaching perfect competition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any expenditure outside the annual investment allowance will attract writing-down allowances of 8% on integral features, 18% on general equipment and 100% for specific energy efficient plant. Times, Sunday Times Tight cost control has been crucial too, particularly the consolidating of its factories into fewer, more efficient plants. Times, Sunday Times The most efficient plants, which are almost invariably the least costly to run per kilowatt-hour produced, are brought online first. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That number began to decline during the 1960s as companies closed in favour of newer, more efficient plants elsewhere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within an hour of the explosions, said one fruit-seller, police had begun a ruthlessly efficient process of eradicating all traces of the destruction. Times, Sunday Times Clear guidelines and an efficient process with full transparency were to be introduced to ensure proper governance. Times, Sunday Times The inquiry finished hearing evidence in early 2005, and it would have been much earlier if a more efficient process had been adopted. Times, Sunday Times It will mean a more efficient process, over which the officials will have complete control. Times, Sunday Times This restructuring of the patent office allowed for more efficient process of patent applications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was an excellent lumberman, and probably the most efficient producer on the coast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The least efficient producer may have very small profits, and be unable, for example, to pay dividends to shareholders, while more efficient producers have larger profits. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company had the benefit of earlier investment in its plants that made it among the most efficient producers in the industry. Times, Sunday Times Products which are essential to modern life would be made instead by less efficient producers overseas leading to higher global emissions. Times, Sunday Times The students were there to make a living, preparing to become efficient producers of 'posters, show cards, layouts and other more or less remunerative designs'. The Times Literary Supplement Efficient production also helps to ensure that a company, and by extension a country, wins business and stays at the front of the pack. Times, Sunday Times Inefficient companies, buoyed by a cheap currency rather than efficient production techniques, dominate the economy, requiring greater and greater subsidies to survive in globalised markets. Times, Sunday Times Focusing on more efficient production and higher-margin products has helped profits to grow 71% a year, from 3.5m in 2008 to 17.6m in 2011. Times, Sunday Times Although the number of farms has declined, production has actually increased through more efficient production methods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This results in a considerable reduction of the time required to build heavy elements and allows an efficient production within seconds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The data enabled the researchers to see if passengers chose to return to their normal commute after the strike or switched to a more efficient route. Times, Sunday Times When a customer calls in with an emergency, the company uses the web-based system to locate the nearest vehicle and work out the most efficient route. Times, Sunday Times This has been proposed as an efficient route to produce the latter from a racemic mixture of 2,3-butylene carbonates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The discovery of an efficient route was significant technologically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather, the longer addresses simplify allocation of addresses, enable efficient route aggregation, and allow implementation of special addressing features. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Independent academies and foundation hospitals would set the pace with better pay and conditions in return for an efficient service. The Sun The time saved by not sorting the mail has led to a faster, more efficient service all round. Times, Sunday Times The efficient service, verging on robotic, goes with the territory. Times, Sunday Times A great range of drinks, some very decent meals and dizzyingly efficient service — there are only 32 passengers, tops, don't forget — so you're never kept waiting. Times, Sunday Times We both like the smiley efficient service. Times,Sunday Times It's a quicker, more efficient solution to the problem. The Sun These devices were forged in the same way: the struggle for the most efficient solution to a complex problem. Times, Sunday Times The efficient solution didn't turn up. Times, Sunday Times I said we were ready to do something [in the transfer market], but you have to be convinced that it's not just to please people, that it's an efficient solution. Times, Sunday Times The simplest and most efficient solution would be to take back the keys as the franchises or the franchisees expire and reintegrate them into a single, coherent, public structure. Times, Sunday Times But what's the point in having the most efficient system when you can't respond to rising demand? Times,Sunday Times The stores also offer a highly efficient system allowing the return of glass bottles for credit, and re-use. Times, Sunday Times He then demonstrates a more efficient system with a cheesewire. Times, Sunday Times They have been rewarded with a highly efficient system and some of the world's finest universities. Times, Sunday Times While this may be an efficient system for banks that handle large volumes of applications, it can sometimes mean that credit-worthy borrowers are declined for trivial reasons. Times, Sunday Times Reciting engages the brain in a different and more powerful way than re-reading, making it an especially efficient technique for deepening memory. Times, Sunday Times That was always an undeserved reputation, based on her efficient technique. Times, Sunday Times In the 12th century tools improved and more efficient techniques were adopted; increased harvest meant that individual families could sustain themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Consequently, a variety of algorithmic issues are being studied to design efficient techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also developed efficient techniques for removing staples from the veneer after glue setting using the recently released synthetic packaging strap which was starting to replace metal binding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Today, with more efficient technology, we no longer blast into outer space in the same way. Times, Sunday Times In 1923, before construction was even complete, a more efficient technology for burning coal was developed, rendering the plant obsolete before it even opened. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Improvements in energy efficiency are most often achieved by adopting an efficient technology or production process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soil-protection, energy and resources savings, and ecologically efficient technology are other areas of study. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Production, which peaked at 48 million barrels in 1968, fell by 1990 to less than 20 million, and highly efficient technology significantly reduced employment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A metadata search provides an efficient tool for content retrieval. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such models are an efficient tool for three-dimensional understanding of a design, used by architects, interior designers and exhibit designers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Up until now, highway engineers have been without efficient tools to identify improperly banked curves and to design relevant mitigating road actions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Reliable and adequate fuel supplies, efficient transport and communication systems, and spare parts for tanks and trucks did. Times, Sunday Times More emphatically, however, they want efficient transport networks in the sprawling cities, honest and effective police forces and decent health care. Times, Sunday Times When coupled with efficient transport nodes, it can make a huge difference in terms of energy conservation and the efficiency of the city itself. Times,Sunday Times These included the efficient transport system, with athletes, officials and the media arriving at venues in 'clean' buses, meaning they had to go through security screening only once. Times, Sunday Times It needs an efficient transport system. Times, Sunday Times Making efficient use of space by subletting or mothballing surplus building space. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They have a busy promotional schedule and want to make the most efficient use of their time. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We shall surely see great improvement in the efficient use of roads and vehicles. Times, Sunday Times (2014) What are the conditions for an efficient use of inputs in production? Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995) The improved blood supply and more efficient use of oxygen in the skeletal muscle leads to improved strength and endurance, or stamina. Coping with Angina (1990) This would not need any gadgets, would not generate any bills and drivers would control costs by choosing an efficient vehicle. The Sun And because it was unfashionable, it was cheaper than other, more showy but less efficient vehicles. Times, Sunday Times Lorry sales are showing growth of 25 per cent as users are forced to move to cleaner and more efficient vehicles. Times, Sunday Times Yet, once all the costs are factored in, the most efficient vehicles are not necessarily the cheapest. Times, Sunday Times The 30,000-square-metre facility will house cutting-edge electric vehicles, lighter, more efficient vehicles and digitally connected cars. Times, Sunday Times Defragging a hard disk is away of reorganising the data stored on it in a more efficient way. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There must be a fairer and more efficient way to administer justice in the 21st century. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It may be advisable to seek advice from a mortgage broker or tax adviser to structure the deal in the most efficient way. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Hexagons are an efficient way of packing shapes together. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Industrialization is simply an efficient way of making and doing things, a labor-saving, a life- saving way of living. THE OUTSIDER (1989) Organisations that are more environmentally efficient can be financially efficient too and should be able to cut costs. Times, Sunday Times Carmakers can usually offset the emissions of their larger cars if they also produce small, environmentally efficient cars. Times, Sunday Times Many initiatives to improve the mobility of people and the distribution of goods in an economically and environmentally efficient manner have been launched over the past few years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now it is working with two manufacturers to build highly efficient amplifiers for the television broadcast market. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It would amount to a highly efficient and sensible use of the tax system. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They also have a highly efficient digestive system that allows them to keep lean and mean. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They know the terrain, they invest in construction and have highly efficient companies which allow them to launder money from extortion and drugs. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 效率高的 Japanese: 効率的な |
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