n. 效率,效能;实力,能力;[物]性能;功效;
💡 ef出+fic做+iency表名词 →做出事情→ 有效率
"It was Mann who structured the agenda for maximum efficiency."
是曼制定这个取得最大效率的议程的.
近义:output, outturn, performance, production, return, throughput
反义:inability, inadequacy, incompetence, incompetency, insufficiency, lack
n. 自动化(技术),自动操作;
💡 auto自动+mat=mind思考+ion表名词 → 自己会思考的 → 自动化
"Automation meant the loss of many factory jobs."
自动化意味着许多工厂工人失业。
近义:mechanization, automatics, automatization