effectiveness of fertilizer
(of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect; to start working
1. to show an effect2. to produce an effect3. a conspicuous effect
rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
1. highly efficient2. effectivity
subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
光电效应 光電效應 guāng diàn xiào yìng photoelectric effect
significant figures (in a measured value)
1. lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)2. fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
1. to no avail2. achieving nothing3. totally ineffective4. to have no effect+1 条 +2 条 butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
1. sensational effect2. wild reaction
(law) period during which one can prosecute or sue sb (as stipulated by a statute of limitations)
1. domino effect2. ripple effect
human resource efficiency (abbr. for 人力资源效能[rén lì zī yuán xiào néng])
visual effect (abbr. for 视觉效果[shì jué xiào guǒ])
1. potency2. titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)
(law) statute of limitations
laughable low-budget special effects
expiry date (of document)
volumetric efficiency (engine technology)
the chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind
expiration date; expiry date
unproductive social interaction
to strive to get sth done while the timing is right
1. "magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals2. in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
一致性效应 一致性效應 yī zhì xìng xiào yìng consistency effect
多普勒效应 多普勒效應 duō pǔ lè xiào yìng the Doppler effect
效犬马之劳 效犬馬之勞 xiào quǎn mǎ zhī láo 1. to render one's humble services2. to be at sb's beck and call
fast-acting heart pills (a medication developed in China in 1982 to treat heart conditions including angina)
卡西米尔效应 卡西米爾效應 kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
关键绩效指标 關鍵績效指標 guān jiàn jì xiào zhǐ biāo key performance indicator (KPI)