main effect

基本解释

But since it has not been backed by policy changes, its main effect is just to simplify accounting.
但是因为没有政策变革的支持，它的主要作用仅仅只是体现在计算的简化上。
While some retailers might already have jumped the gun, the main effect of the tax rise will be felt in early 2011.
虽然一些零售商可能已经偷跑，在2011年早期他们将感到税率上升的主要影响。
The main effect of these additional observations is a 100-point increase in the frequency count for each response alternative.
这些额外调查对象的主要影响是，使得每个回答情形的频率计数增加了 100 点。

"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past."
"The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative dimensions that haven't existed in the past,".

The main effect of these shareholdings now is to cushion poor managers from market pressure.
ECONOMIST: Japanese business
The main effect of being a lawful combatant is entitlement to prisoner of war (POW) status.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Terrorism combatant brief