In most schools and colleges the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject. Although it does the job quite efficiently， its side effects are also enormous.的翻译：什么意思？中文翻译英文，英文翻译中文，怎么说？

在大多数学校和大学的考试是用来作为决定学生是否成功或失败，在掌握某一特定主题的主要手段。虽然它的工作相当有效，其副作用也是巨大的。