to the effect

基本解釋

Wish-contrast to an actual memory of her uncle's farm, to the effect that she used to expose herself while she was asleep.
這是有關(guān)她叔叔農(nóng)場真實記憶的反愿望，大意是她過去睡覺時總是會裸露身體。
British Prime Minister David Cameron made a comment to the effect that these tools are great, but when used for ill should be shut down.
英國首相卡梅倫發(fā)表評論，大意是這些工具是很好，但當被惡意使用時，應(yīng)將之關(guān)閉。
Until recently, consumer prices have held up surprisingly well, thanks to the effect of previous increases in energy and commodities prices.
直到不久前，消費者價格的表現(xiàn)還出人意料的好，這主要是受到此前能源和大宗商品價格上漲的影響。

He dedicated this climb to the effect of climate change on the Himalayan Mountains.
And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.
我問您最近怎么樣，您有一次,說了一句話，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿鐵，那一切就還好。
普林斯頓公開課 - 人性課程節(jié)選
In a way, there's a subset of questions that arises from those, to the effect that this is, of course, what we'll be taking up next time: the question "What is an author?"
從這些大問題中又會產(chǎn)生一些小問題，這些問題也將是我們以后會討論的：,關(guān)于文學的緣由，我們接著又會問，“作者是誰？“
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

That is, of course, excluding my comment to the effect of there not being any others.
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