他的信起了作用。
我的叫喊和斥骂没有多少效果，但左右横扫的外套起了作用。
My yelling and scolding didn't have much effect, but the swinging coat did.
对于女性来说，第二个因素也起了作用，大多数女性似乎都很享受弹性的工作时间安排（曾经被称为“妈妈轨道”），她们再也找不到全职或高水平的工作。
With women a second factor comes into play, most seem to enjoy the flexible-time arrangement (once known as the "mommy track") and never find their way back to full-time or high-level employment.
是什么在乌干达起了作用？
那个帖子在教育和推广层面都起了作用。
The post worked on both an educational and a promotional level.
那么什么叫增兵确实起了作用？
她说，在那个时刻，基因确实起了作用。
其他因素可能也起了作用。
卡塞尔先生表示：“这对两方面都起了作用。
欧盟成员的故萝卜似乎对有意向加入的国家起了作用。
The carrot of EU membership seems to have worked on countries heading towards accession.
我这么利用丽萨，要再次向她道歉。不过她的外国人面孔显然起了作用。
I want to apologize to Lisa again for using her like that, but her foreigner face apparently worked.
人为原因导致的全球变暖对创记录的暖和，很可能也起了作用。
Manmade global warming is likely also playing a role in the record warmth.
他说：“警官让他们停下来，看上去似乎那身警服起了作用。”
He said: "the officers told them to stop and the sight of the uniforms seemed to snap them out of it."
她说，“我可以肯定，在两个组中社会因素对病情改善起了作用。”
I'm sure the social aspect contributed to the improvement in both groups, "she said."
海外收购使一些公司的回报率受到影响，但是深层次趋势亦起了作用。
Acquisitions abroad have hit some companies' returns, for example. But deeper trends are at play, too.
事实上，在2005 ~ 2008年中国大体上就是这么做的，并且似乎起了作用。
Indeed this is roughly what China did between 2005 and 2008, and it seemed to have worked.
那起了作用，但却产生了额外的代价，即部分多余的代码且需要花更多的时间处理数据。
That worked, but the cost was additional, partially redundant code and more time to process the data.
普莱彻及其同事推测，是一种特殊的气味起了作用，但是他们不知道确切是哪一种气味。
Pletcher and colleagues suspected that a specific odor was at work, but they didn't know which one.
你如何设置并且达成你的目标？我很高兴在评论里听到这些建议中的哪些对你们起了作用。
How do you set and achieve your goals? I'd love to hear what works for you in the comments.
Ostrander的朋友和家人都说这是祈祷起了作用(当然，医生也帮了点小忙)。
Ostrander's friends and family are crediting prayer (with a little help from doctors, of course).
但说明细菌的确起了作用，面对一大堆突然出现的食物，它们需要很多氧气才能消化。
That suggests that the bacteria are indeed at work. Presented with a sudden food source, they are gobbling away, using lots of oxygen to digest it.
事实上，至少现在看来，这种策略终究还是起了作用：许多人只是习惯了给电视付费。
And the truth is this strategy is working, for now at least: Most people just can't quit pay TV.
但对SO网站来说，投票确实起了作用，好的问题和好的答案因此总是能够位居前列。
But voting makes the site work well. Good questions and answers generally rise to the top.
但是NTSB发言人凯斯·赫尔维说，委员会也将调查疲劳驾驶是否在该事件中起了作用。
But Keith Holloway, an NTSB spokesman, said the agency would also look into whether fatigue played a role in the incident.
但是如果你要在很长一段时间里，和同样的对手，进行多重的博弈，博弈论提出，这时，合作便起了作用。
But if you're planning on multiple games over a long period with the same players, game theory says that's the situation where cooperation works.
当我们说“他罪有应得”这句话的时候，我们部分承认了某种特定的环境使得正义自动地起了作用。
When we use a phrase like 'it serves him right', we are, in part, admitting that a certain set of circumstances has enabled justice to act of its own accord.
马丁的哲学起了作用，它赶走了他的愤怒，他吹了一声长长的口哨，觉得难以相信的滑稽，桂掉了电话。
Martin's philosophy asserted itself, dissipating his anger, and he hung up the receiver with a long whistle of incredulous amusement.
马丁的哲学起了作用，它赶走了他的愤怒，他吹了一声长长的口哨，觉得难以相信的滑稽，桂掉了电话。
Martin's philosophy asserted itself, dissipating his anger, and he hung up the receiver with a long whistle of incredulous amusement.
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