to the effect

基本解释

Wish-contrast to an actual memory of her uncle's farm, to the effect that she used to expose herself while she was asleep.
这是有关她叔叔农场真实记忆的反愿望，大意是她过去睡觉时总是会裸露身体。
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.
英国首相卡梅伦发表评论，大意是这些工具是很好，但当被恶意使用时，应将之关闭。
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，消费者价格的表现还出人意料的好，这主要是受到此前能源和大宗商品价格上涨的影响。

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.
我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。
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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?"
从这些大问题中又会产生一些小问题，这些问题也将是我们以后会讨论的：,关于文学的缘由，我们接着又会问，“作者是谁？“
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That is, of course, excluding my comment to the effect of there not being any others.
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