| 单词 | for effect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor effect a. The impression produced on a beholder, hearer, or reader (formerly esp. by a work of art or literature); the impression produced by a picture, building, costume, etc., viewed as a whole; the look that a collection of features has. for effect: for the sake of creating a telling impression on the minds of spectators or hearers.Cf. sense 4b and note. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > impression produced by effect1736 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > effects produced by work effect1736 sensation1807 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. iii. 236 What they call, the Effect in Architecture. 1781 S. Johnson Live Eng. Poets I. 32 The poetical effect of a Lover's name upon glass. 1814 M. Faraday Let. in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) iii. 54 The surrounding lazzaroni assisted not a little in adding to the picturesque effect of the scene. 1824 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 2 347 He who writes for effect..must address himself to the prevalent feeling. 1869 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. May 559 His [sc. Shelley's] aim is rather to render the effect of a thing than the thing itself. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 920/2 Excess of ornamentation for the sake of show and effect. 1908 G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday v. 103 The whole hideous effect was as if some drunken dandies had put their clothes upon a corpse. 1952 M. Moore Let. 12 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 497 She rapidly puts in pins, stands you off and gets the effect, writes down the hour for a fitting. 1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. ii. ii. 161 A whole family sat and lay about in it with the effect of a camp which might be struck at any moment. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 148 He had a volcanic temper, yet his outbursts were often staged for effect. < as lemmas |
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