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efficient 音标拼音: [ɪf'ɪʃənt] a. 有效的,效率高的;有能力的,能胜任的 有效的,效率高的;有能力的,能胜任的 efficient有效 efficient adj 1: being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; " an efficient production manager"; " efficient engines save gas" [ ant: { inefficient}] 2: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; " people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."- G. B. Shaw; " effective personnel"; " an efficient secretary"; " the efficient cause of the revolution" [ synonym: { effective}, { efficient}] efficient \ ef* fi" cient\ ([ e^] f* f[ i^] sh" ent), a. [ L. efficiens, - entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See { Effect}, n.] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power. [ 1913 Webster] The efficient cause is the working cause. -- Wilson. Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent. [ 1913 Webster]
Efficient \ Ef* fi" cient\, n. An efficient cause; a prime mover. [ 1913 Webster] God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " efficient": able, active, adequate, au fait, banausic, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, efficacious, equal to, feasible, fit, fitted, fitted for, functional, go, journeyman, operable, operational, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatic, productive, proficient, qualified, realizable, suited, thrifty, unwasteful, up to, up to snuff, well- fitted, well- qualified, well- suited, workable, worthy
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