Word
effects
/ɪˈfekts/
noun
个人动产；财物
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
财物；个人财产；[经] 动产
In use
He packed his personal effects and left the apartment.
The deceased's effects were divided among the heirs.
She stored her household effects in a storage unit.
personal effects
He packed his personal effects into a small suitcase.
他把个人财物装进一个小手提箱。
household effects
Their household effects were damaged in the move.
他们的家用财物在搬家时受损了。
leave one's effects
常用在法律或遗嘱语境中。
She left her effects to her nephew.
她把财物留给了侄子。
Common mistakes
He left his personal affects in the room.He left his personal effects in the room.
Affect 通常作动词，意为‘影响’；而 effects 作名词意为‘财物’、‘动产’。混淆二者是常见的拼写错误，应根据词义选择正确的词形。
Please take all your personal effect with you.Please take all your personal effects with you.
表示‘个人财物’时，effects 必须用复数形式，不能用单数 effect。这是名词的数数搭配错误。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- effective
- 有效的 · adj.
- effectively
- 有效地 · adv.
- effectiveness
- 有效性 · n.
- ineffective
- 无效的 · adj.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.