As every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
正如每个警察都知道的那样，对人们行为的外部控制远不如内部约束有效，比如内疚、羞愧和尴尬。
I tried working harder, but less effective.
我试着更努力地工作，但事倍功半。
They found that on tannin-rich oak leaves, the virus is considerably less effective at killing caterpillars than when it is on aspen leaves, which are lower in phenols.
他们发现，在富含单宁酸的橡树叶上，病毒杀死毛虫的效果要比在白杨树叶子上的效果差得多，因为白杨树叶子的酚含量较低。
Other options seem even less effective.
其他方案的效果显得更加难以信服。
This could render rival products less effective.
这一做法会使竞争对手的产品效用降低。
Flashing lights on runways, however, are less effective.
不过，跑道上的闪光灯很少有效。
No, it’s just a less effective method than single-changing.
不，其实只是那种方法没有“逐一改变”这么有效果。
Hunkering down will only make you less influential and so less effective.
独善其身只会降低管理者的影响力和效率。
And they can prove less effective, like some of the new cleaning products.
同时，它们还被证明更低效，正如这些新的清洁产品。
Old, stale products not only taste bad, they are also much less effective.
旧的、过时的产品不仅口味不好，而且效果也不如现在的药茶。
Some programmes, such as unemployment insurance, have grown less effective.
有些项目比如失业保险，已经不如以前有效率。
Even 'expert' usability reviews are less effective than involving real users.
即使是“专家”级别的可用性评估的效果也低于真实用户的。
As we age, our skin becomes less effective at converting sunlight to vitamin D.
随着我们年龄的变老，我们的皮肤在转换阳光到维他命d的能力也越来越弱。
Plus there's no need to hide it in a back room, where it would be less effective.
另外，不需要把它藏在后屋，在那里过滤效果会减弱。
The net result is that each successive meeting gets less effective as energy wanes.
其结果就是，随着能量的衰减，会议的效率就越来越低。
If you pay too much attention to efficiency, you might actually become less effective.
如果你太在意效率，事实上你可能回变得更不效率。
A less expensive but less effective alternative is a notice put through the letter-slot.
另外一个可以选择的比较廉价和较低效率的方式，是一个通过门缝塞入的信件来通知。
So although the central Banks still have plenty of tools, these are less effective than they were.
因此，尽管各国央行仍然还有很多措施，但是这些措施并不像过去那样有效。
Praise, it seems, is far less effective as a motivational tool than the desire to please the Pope.
作为激励工具，赞美似乎远不及讨好教皇的渴望来得有效。
The opposition to the Conservatives will probably become fiercer even as it is less effective.
即使反对派现在变得更缺少影响力，但其对保守党的指责将可能变得更加激烈。
In short, health systems are unfair, disjointed, inefficient and less effective than they could be.
简言之，卫生系统不公平，缺乏连贯性，效率不高，而且本来可以更有效。
Perhaps ominously for REDD, however, this scheme may have been less effective than many suppose.
然而，也许是对REDD的预兆，这个方案可能没很多人想象的那么行之有效。
If so, pink elephants and bronze statues may prove less effective in getting out the dalit vote.
这样来看，可能粉象和铜雕对争取达利人的支持率来说都是浮云吧。
Parents may find that the more they rely on one single method, the less effective that method becomes.
父母们也许会发现他们越依赖单一的方法，那个方法就越没那么有效。
Telling your kids to do their homework is a lot less effective when you’re procrastinating on your own.
当你一直拖拉自己的作业而催促自己孩子做作业时，就不那么有效了。
Telling your kids to do their homework is a lot less effective when you're procrastinating on your own.
当你一直拖拉自己的作业而催促自己孩子做作业时，就不那么有效了。
But the rules could wind up being less effective than they look on paper, some outside experts say.
不过，一些非业内专家指出，该条款的最终效果可能未必有看起来那么好。
This means those all-nighters you pulled back in college were much less effective than you thought.
这意味着大学里通宵达旦地补习的效率比你想象的要低得多。
Some strategies can be more effective or less effective depending on personality characteristics you have.
有些策略因为您的性格特点而变得更加有效或者无效。
Yet the policy has been less effective in boosting monetary growth, which was one of its main purposes.
量化宽松政策对促进货币增长也没少发挥作用，这也是主要目的之一。
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