to the effect that

英[tuðəɪ'fektðæt] 美[tuðəɪ'fektðæt]
  • 大意是;含义是
  • effect n.效应;结果;影响;印象;效果;要旨v.使产生;引起
  • that pron.那conj.引导从句adj.那个;上文提到的adv.非常;那么地
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
  • to prep.对于;为了;(表示方向)到;向;(表示间接关系)给adv.(表示方向)去;(门)关上
    1. He left a message for me to the effect that he would come tonight.
      他给我留了一个口信大意是说他今晚会来。
    2. The novel is to the effect that a lady was thrown over by her husband.
      小说的大意是说一个女人被她丈夫遗弃的事。
    3. The sense of an unfamiliar word is hard to come at.
      一个不熟悉的词的含义是很难理解的。
    4. However to many people its meaning is lost.
      然而,对许多人来说,其含义是丢失。