| 单词 | efficiently |
| 释义 | efficiently (once / 2447 pages) adv If you do something efficiently, you do it productively and quickly. When your dentist efficiently examines your teeth, you are grateful because he does a good job and it's all over quickly. The adverb efficiently has origins in the Latin word efficere, meaning "work out, accomplish." Efficiently can describe any action that's done without wasting time, effort, or materials — and still manages to produce the desired outcome. Today people are using power, fuel, and water more efficiently to conserve natural resources. As a project manager, you efficiently manage your projects so they stay on schedule and under budget. WORD FAMILYefficient: efficiency, efficiently, inefficient+/efficiency: efficiencies/inefficiency: inefficiencies/inefficient: inefficiency, inefficiently USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a good time to evaluate fresher options for efficiently serving enrollees and taxpayers. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “It’s very much an economic issue. Businesses will move closer to larger communities if they can’t move their product quickly and efficiently.” Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Trump asserted on Twitter late on Monday that his foundation was run efficiently. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) adv with efficiency; in an efficient manner he functions efficiently Syn|Ant expeditiously inefficiently in an inefficient manner |
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