(adj.) marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; 'written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers'-Aldous Huxley; 'the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough' .
贝妮塔整理
双语例句
The design was efficacious; for I remember that my mother seemed more at ease during the rest of the evening, and that Peggotty observed her less. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Would it be efficacious? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Undoubtedly it was as good a thing as you could do; though I question if some other oils would not have been equally efficacious. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
A solution of ammonia is nearly equally efficacious in removing the chloride. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Yellow or green are more efficacious; but blue and violet light produce the most decided and powerful effects. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
I fancy that he had taken steps to make that draught efficacious, and that he quite relied upon your being unconscious. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.