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Efficiency Work 3067.Efficiency 英 ɪ'Fɪʃ(ə)Nsɪ]美 ɪ'Fɪʃənsi 释义 N

正面 3067.efficiency
英 [ɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ]美 [ɪ'fɪʃənsi]

背面
释义:
n. 效率;效能;功效
例句:
1. The spa is the last word in luxury and efficiency.这家矿泉疗养浴场极尽奢华,功效极高。

1. ef- "out" + fic- => fici- => effici-. 在这里取 out 的引申义:完成、结束(finish, end)之意。2. meaning: 事情做完了,事情做结束了. => work out, accomplish.3. => 引申为:事情做完、做结束后的效果。4. effici- + -ent. => 有效的,有效果的,生效的。=> 高效的,效率高的,有本事的。5. efficient => efficiency (efficient + -cy).
efficiency 效率ef-, 向外。-fic, 做,词源同fact, effect.
efficiency (n.)1590s, "power to accomplish something," from Latin efficientia "efficient power; efficiency; influence" (from efficientem; see efficient) + -cy. In mechanics, "ratio of useful work done to energy expended," from 1858. Attested from 1952 as short for efficiency apartment (itself from 1920)."

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