When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the overall effect.

画完以后，她退后一步，以审视总体效果。

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The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.

这幅画的总体效果气势磅礡。

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We wanted to soften the light without destroying the overall effect of space.

我们希望在不破坏整体空间效果的同时使光线柔和些。

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Both Crystal and Jansen point to email as an example of people misunderstanding the Internet's overall effect.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Sheer, white-wool side panels hang in room corners and "soften the overall effect, " Ms. Workman says.

WSJ: Sheer Curtains, Solar Shades Are Popular Window Treatments

One problem is that nobody can calculate confidently what the overall effect on the Union will be.

ECONOMIST: The Union pauses for breath

The overall effect is to make California's system resemble the system Texas now wants to give up.

ECONOMIST: Affirmative action