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formalabletoproducetheintendedresult 灵验的;奏效的;有效的 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesachieving the results that are hoped for - successfulThe operation was successful, and the tumour was removed.
- effectiveThis cream is one of the most effective acne treatments you can find.
- efficaciousDetractors claim the new law won't be any more efficacious than current legislation is.
- productiveWe had a productive conversation, and he's back on track now.
See more results » technical(used about atreatmentordrug)workingwell undercarefullycontrolledscientifictestingconditions: Twoversionsof thevaccinehave beenshownintrialsto be between 90% and 95% efficacious. Compareeffective(SUCCESSFUL)technical SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEfficient and effective - be firing on all cylindersidiom
- businesslike
- clockwork
- come together
- dispatch
- do the trickidiom
- does what it says on the tinidiom
- high-functioning
- labour-saving
- miraculous
- non-effective
- organized
- punch
- smooth
- snappy
- super-effective
- super-efficiency
- super-efficient
- super-smooth
- trick
See more results » (Definition ofefficaciousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- Caution is at least as efficacious a protection against him as courage.
- Many efforts were made for his release, the most efficacious by the Queen of France.
- Pieces of certain woods are believed efficacious for rheumatism, and old men especially may often be seen with them tied around the limbs.
- The penalty should certainly prove efficacious, he observed lightly.
- They resort to any and every agent which has been proved efficacious, whether it be vegetable or mineral.
abletoproducetheintendedresult Examplesofefficaciousefficacious In other words, if human reproductive cloning isefficaciousand safe, its opponents have the burden of proof to show why it should be disallowed.From theCambridge English Corpus Similar approaches might beefficaciouswith respect to insect pests of agriculture.From theCambridge English Corpus Varenicline may be anefficacious, safe, and well-tolerated agent for maintaining abstinence from smoking.From theCambridge English Corpus If public works indicatedefficaciousand commendable governance, their disrepair was nothing short of an embarrassment.From theCambridge English Corpus Other omissions may have been intentional, as the holder of the text discarded a particular remedy as not beingefficacious.From theCambridge English Corpus When redistributive pressures loom large, or when state elites are otherwise inclined to pursue economic growth, then authoritarianism isefficacious.From theCambridge English Corpus This knowledge gave researchers the means (dietary restriction of phenylalanine intake) and the critical time (ideally the first postnatal month) forefficacioustreatment.From theCambridge English Corpus Its safe andefficacioususe in humans is still being examined.From theCambridge English Corpus It is highly likely that this drug, added to standard therapy, would be asefficaciousin older heart-failure patients.From theCambridge English Corpus After all, the supervenient properties are realized, and the realizers are causallyefficacious.From theCambridge English Corpus The study suggests that this programme for prevention and treatment of post-partum depression is reasonably well-accepted andefficacious.From theCambridge English Corpus This uncertain, ambiguous realm is where the 'core' qualities of performance itself flourish: ephemeral, evanescent, refractory, ineffable, enduring, substantial, accessible, intelligible,efficacious, and so on.From theCambridge English Corpus It is appropriate to ask whether these antigens truly represent the spectrum of potentiallyefficaciousantigens.From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that physicians' efforts to discuss spiritual issues with their patients might beefficaciousfor depressive symptoms as well as providing other independent benefits.From theCambridge English Corpus These structural and cultural properties only become causallyefficaciousin relation to human projects in society.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/efficacious## |