efficient
adj. 有效率的；有能力的；生效的
adj.
有效率的；（直接）生效的；能干的；（因省钱、省时或省力等而）收效大的
双语释义
adj.(形容词)有能力的,效率高的 working well, quickly, and without waste
英英释义
efficient[ i'fiʃənt ]
adj.
being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
"an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
"an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
同义词：effective
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
副词+～
be fully efficient充分发挥效力的
be highly efficient高效率的
～+介词
efficient in在…有成效
词组短语
energy efficient节能
efficient production有效生产
efficient market有效市场
efficient market hypothesis有效市场假说；有效率市场假说
efficient performance经营效果
efficient frontier有效边界；效率前缘
efficient market theory有效市场理论；效率市场理论
efficient allocation of resources资源有效配置
efficient point有效点
efficient markets hypothesis有效市场假说
同近义词辨析
efficient, effective这组词都有“有效的”的意思，其区别是：
efficient “效率高的”，“有能力的”，用以指人或物，着重有效地利用时间、精力并取得预期效果。如：The German telephone system is highly efficient. (德国的电话系统效率很高。)
effective 常用以指物，强调能产生某种预期的效果。如：effective medicine, effective method等。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
This is a highly efficient new heating system.
这是个高效的新取暖系统。
Consequently, we have been developing a more efficient engine.
结果,我们已经开发了一台更高性能的发动机。
The success of CAD systems is becoming more dependent on the efficient drafting.
cad系统的成功在很大程度上取决于草图的制图效率。
He's efficient at his job.
他胜任工作。
I'll say this for them--I'll admit that they're efficient.
我得为他们说句话——我会说他们很有能力。
权威例句
Efficient pseudopotentials for plane-wave calculationsEnergy-Efficient Communication Protocol for Wireless Microsensor Networks
Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless micro sensor networks. Hawaii, 4 Jan
Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set.
Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome.
MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
Cooperative diversity in wireless networks: Efficient protocols and outage behavior
Cooperative diversity in wireless networks: Efficient protocols and outage behavior
Cooperative diversity in wireless networks : Efficient protocols and outage behaviour
A system of shuttle vectors and yeast host strains designed for efficient manipulation of DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
efficient
efficient: see effect
efficient (adj.)
late 14c., "making, producing immediate effect, active, effective," from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens) "effective, efficient, producing, active," present participle of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently.
1. Dials are very space efficient, and both can do a nice job of providing visual feedback about settings (see Figure 21-17).
刻度盘非常节省空间，这两种方式都可以很好地提供设定的视觉反馈（参见图21-17）。
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2. Figure 14-10 shows an interactive example that integrates text, graphics, and data, as well as input and output: a highly efficient combination for users.
图14-10所示为结合文本、图形、数据，以及输入和输出的交互例子，对用户来说这是高效率的结合。
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3. Specifically, designs that provide navigation and/or building blocks in one pane and allow viewing or construction of data in an adjacent pane seem to represent an efficient pattern that bears repeating.
特别是在一个窗格中提供导航和/或构造块，以及在相邻窗格中支持数据查看或数据构造的设计，似乎代表一种可重复的有效模式。
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4. Drawing on years of design research in practice, we believe that a combination of observation and one-on-one interviews is the most effective and efficient tool in a designer’s arsenal for gathering qualitative data about users and their goals.
基于多年的设计研究实践，作者相信，在设计师的所有方法中，结合一对一的访谈和对工作/生活方式的观察，是收集用户和他们目标的定性数据时最有效的工具。
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5. For these types of sites, navigational clarity is very important, as are access to supporting information and efficient transactions.
对于这类网站，导航的清晰与否就特别重要。 辅助信息是否方便访问，以及交易的效率也是特别重要的。
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6. Figure 21-5: Flip-flop button controls are very efficient. They save space by controlling two mutually exclusive options with a single control.
图21-5 滚翻按钮的效率很高，在一个控件内控制两个相互排斥的选项来节省空间。
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7. Good visual interfaces, like any good visual design, are visually efficient. They make the best use out of the minimal set of visual and functional elements.
优秀的视觉界面和任何优秀的视觉设计一样，在视觉上应该是高效率的，它们有个共同的特点，即让最少的视觉和功能元素发挥最大效能。
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8. Don’t go overboard in doing this, though—many designers get caught up in the idea of creating a more efficient elegant solution and end up adding too many functions to a control, ultimately confusing users.
很多设计者企图创造更加高效，并且更为优雅的设计，结果却在一个控件上添加了过多的功能。 千万不要痴迷于此，因为这有可能最终导致用户困惑不解。
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9. Once you have a solid design concept based on qualitative user research and the models that research feeds, your usability testing will become an even more efficient tool for judging the effectiveness of design choices you have made.
基于定性数据研究和研究支持的模型，一旦有了稳定的设计想法，要判断你所做出的设计选择是否有效，可用性测试会是一个很有效的工具。
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10. Latching butcons are more space efficient than check boxes are: They are smaller because they can rely on visual recognition instead of text labels to indicate their purpose.
锁定图标按钮比复选框更节省空间，因为它们依靠视觉识别，而不是文本标签来表明意图，所以体积更小。
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