inefficacy
/ɪnˈef.ɪ.kə.si/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈef.ə.kə.si/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)i-ˈne-fi-kə-sē/ (ame, mw)
inefficacy — 名詞
1. the situation in which a treatment, plan, or way of doing something does not wor
無效；不見效
藥物、方法或政策無法達到預期效果
the situation in which a treatment, plan, or way of doing something does not work well enough to give the result that people wanted
The trial showed the inefficacy of the new drug against advanced lung cancer.
這項試驗顯示這款新藥對晚期肺癌無效。
the inefficacy of + [treatment/intervention]
Public anger grew over the inefficacy of the government's plan to reduce homelessness.
民眾對於政府減少街友計畫的無效感到憤怒。
the inefficacy of + [policy/plan]
Vikram pointed to the inefficacy of fines as a way of stopping illegal parking near the school.
Vikram 指出，靠罰款來阻止學校附近的違規停車根本不見效。
Doctors in rural clinics often report the inefficacy of single-dose treatments for stubborn skin infections.
鄉村診所的醫師常回報，單劑療法對頑固性皮膚感染並不見效。
- ineffectiveness
everyday equivalent; works for people, plans, and methods alike
- uselessness
stronger and more negative; suggests no value at all
- futility
stresses that the effort had no chance from the start, not just that it failed this time
- efficacy
direct opposite; the ability of a treatment or method to produce its intended result
- effectiveness
everyday opposite; broader and less formal
文法句型
the inefficacy of [treatment/method]
用法筆記
Almost always preceded by 'the' and followed by 'of'. Subject of discussion is usually a drug, treatment, policy, law, or method — rarely a person.