to the effect that

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。
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。
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，應將之關閉。

But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.
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 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選

Ambassador Rice, you said something to the effect that we have not actively discussed oil at the U.N.
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