English Dictionary

efficient

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˈfɪʃənt/

形容詞

禁用

making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy

日本語の意味

効率的な / 資源や時間、エネルギーを無駄なく利用する / 有効な活用がなされる

The engineering team designed an efficient cooling system that reduced energy consumption by 30%.

エンジニアチームは資源を有効に活用する冷却システムを設計し、消費電力を30%削減しました。

意味（1）

making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy

An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.

意味（2）

expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input

The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.

意味（3）

causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)

It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.

意味（4）

(proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious

Ye wake no more to anguish;‥ ye have borne The Chosen, the Destroyer!‥ soon his hand Shall strike the efficient blow; Soon shaking off your penal forms, shall ye, With songs of joy, amid the Eden groves, Hymn the Deliverer’s praise!

more efficient （ comparative ）

most efficient （ superlative ）