I reached the cockpit and directed the extinguisher at the fire without effect.

我进入驾驶舱，把灭火器对准火焰喷射，但没有效果。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I could write a policy as a senator or as a mayor, and I could see the effect maybe in eight years.

我可以作为一个参议院或是市长拟定一个政策，我可能在8年后才会看到效果。

youdao

I do not know why the ceiling should be expected to have that effect.

我不明白为什么应该期望天花板产生那种效果。

youdao

"I think this is the big problem of the Abhisit government because his government still believes in trickle-down effect."

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

To disfigure the mouth -- this is how I would interpret it -- to disfigure the mouth has a primary effect in rendering one at least temporarily speechless.

把嘴巴丑化--这就是我所理解的-,丑化自己的嘴巴使自己暂时不能说话,它是有十分重要影响的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

or that you see the applications of, in day-to-day life and I'd say that's probably... had the biggest effect on me.

或者你能看见，日常生活的应用，让我说这或许是…他对我最大的影响。

我尊敬的教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

To your larger point, I wish the cause-effect relationship of reporting were as simple as you describe it: we report, they react.

FORBES: When Journalism 2.0 Kills

In terms of the effect, I believe that the effect of the -- on the supplies chain that was caused by -- the global supply chain, especially in automobile manufacturing, that was caused by the earthquake and tsunami, that that has certainly diminished.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

People are quite stupendously lazy if they can't see a direct cause-effect and I think that quite a few of the apathetic - "what difference will my vote make" - bunch would be more likely to exercise their franchise if they didn't have to exercise their legs.

BBC: Matthew Parris