英语单词 | efficacy |
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英美音标 | 英 ['efɪkəsi] 美 ['efɪkəsi] |
中文释义 | n.功效 |
英语例句 | (1) We are testing the efficacy of a new drug. (2) Exogenously administered ozone may, in this model, amplify the efficacy of antigen-antibody dynamics. |
中文例句 | (1) 我们正在测试新药的功效。 (2) 在这个情况中,从外施加的臭氧会扩大抗原抗体作用的功效。 |
vocabulary简明 | The degree to which a method or medicine brings about a specific result is its efficacy. You might not like to eat it, but you can't question the efficacy of broccoli as a health benefit. |
vocabulary扩展 | Efficacy is a more formal way to say effectiveness, both of which stem from the Latin verb efficere "to work out, accomplish." The effectiveness, or efficacy, of something is how well it works or brings the results you hoped for. A scientist does research to determine the efficacy of a vaccine or medicine under development. If it is efficacious, it will cure or prevent a disease. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]功效;效力 If you talk about the efficacy of something, you are talking about its effectiveness and its ability to do what it is supposed to. [usu with poss] [FORMAL 正式]
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