- Adjective
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1. marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect;
- "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley
- "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
- antonym: inefficacious
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2. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;
- "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
- "effective teaching methods"
- "effective steps toward peace"
- "made an effective entrance"
- "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"
- "an efficacious law"
法律
- 1.有效的
- 1. It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.
- 我想到身教重于言教。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Qingdao is a resort efficacious for a variety of bodily ills.
- 青岛是一个对各种身体疾病都有疗效的疗养胜地。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. This medicine is highly efficacious.
- 这药很灵验。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. Vaccination for smallpox is efficacious.
- 种牛痘防天花是有效的。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》


