| 单词 | in effect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin effect in effect: (originally) in fact, in reality (opposed to in show, in words); (subsequently) virtually, substantially, so far as the result is concerned (cf. senses 2, 3). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in fact, actually in, of feata1400 in effectc1405 effectually1420 really?a1425 literallyc1429 (by) matter in deed1447 indeed1535 in fact1592 merely1596 de facto1602 essentially1604 in point of fact1628 upon1644 in point of event1650 effectively1652 in matter of fact1709 absolutelya1712 substantially1753 actually1762 positively1800 in actual fact1824 factually1852 as matter of fact1871 fair dinkum1891 dinkum1894 'smatter of fact1922 basically1927 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [adverb] > virtually in effectc1405 virtuouslya1475 virtuallya1600 equipollently1642 equivalently1644 physically1690 in substance1737 practically1749 essentially1774 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 319 Al was fee symple to hym in effect. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 750 (MED) Lettris tweyne..Whiche concluded tresoun in effect. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 118 (MED) Euerlasting lyf in Ioye, þe whiche many desirithe, but few laborithe in Effecte to have it. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 243 With pretence to depart from thence vnto China, as in effect they did. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 8 In shewe a..Senate..was to gouerne, but in effect one onely man shoulde..doe all in all. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §236 No Man (in effect) doth accompany..but he learneth, (ere he is aware,) some Gesture, or Voice, or Fashion of the other. 1655 J. Denham Coopers Hill (new ed.) 2 State and Wealth..is to him..No other in effect then what it seems. 1713 J. Addison Guardian No. 110 To say of a celebrated Piece that there are Faults in it, is in effect to say no more, than the Author of it was a Man. 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 405 This orang-outang, therefore, or this pongo, is not only in effect an animal, but a very singular one. 1804 H. T. Colebrooke Remarks Husbandry & Commerce Bengal (new ed.) v. 137 The duties are paid..by the purchaser, but the charge in effect falls upon the importer. 1873 J. T. Moggridge Ants & Spiders i. 26 The seeds are thus in effect malted, the starch being changed into sugar. 1946 Fortune Aug. 196/2 In effect the pilot can avoid collision with buildings only if he knows he is near them and then carefully adjusts the antenna and observes the scope. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 July 41/2 There is no reason to believe that a preventive detention law that, in effect, authorizes arrest without grounds for suspicion would make us any safer. < as lemmas |
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