to the effect that的用法和樣例：
例句
- He left a message for me to the effect that he would come tonight.
他給我留了一個口信大意是說他今晚會來。 - The novel is to the effect that a lady was thrown over by her husband.
小說的大意是說一個女人被她丈夫遺棄的事。 - The sense of an unfamiliar word is hard to come at.
一個不熟悉的詞的含義是很難理解的。 - However to many people its meaning is lost.
然而，對許多人來說，其含義是丟失。
辭彙搭配
- to the effect that ... 大意是 ...
