affect
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. (某事物) 影響 (某人或物)
Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries. 尼古丁對心臟和動脈功能有負面影響。
More than seven million people have been affected by drought. 七百多萬多人受到了干旱的影響。
2. V-T If a disease affects someone, it causes them to become ill. (疾病) 困擾 (某人)
Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world. 關節(jié)炎是一種嚴重影響健康、困擾全人類的疾病。
3. V-T If something or someone affects you, they make you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity. (某事物或人) 影響 (某人)
If Jim had been more independent, the divorce would not have affected him as deeply. 如果吉姆曾經更獨立一些，離婚就不會對他有這么深的影響了。
4. V-T to put on an appearance or show of; make a pretence of 假裝
to affect ignorance
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affect /??f?kt/ (affecting,affected,affects)
劍橋詞典
- The new rates will affect all consumers including businesses .
- Researchers are looking at how a mother's health can affect the baby in the womb .
- His illness affects almost every aspect of his life .
- Farmers and market gardeners have been badly affected by the drought .
- You couldn't fail to be affected by the film .
affect verb [T] (INFLUENCE)
to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something影響；侵襲；感染；打動
Both buildings were badly affected by the fire . 兩座樓都在大火中嚴重受損。
The divorce affected every aspect of her life . 離婚使她生活的各個方面都受到了影響。
It's a disease that affects mainly older people . 這是一種主要侵擾老年人的疾病。
I was deeply affected by the film (= it caused strong feelings in me). 我被電影深深地打動了。
例句
affect verb [T] (PRETEND)
formalto pretend to feel or think something
假裝
To all his problems she affected indifference . 對他所有的問題，她都裝作漠不關心的樣子。
formal mainly disapproving
to start to wear or do something in order to make people admire or respect you
（為引人注意或自抬身價而）刻意穿戴，故作
At university he affected an upper-class accent . 在大學里他拿腔捏調假裝上流社會口音。
He's recently affected a hat and cane . 近來，他頭上戴了頂帽子，手上拿了根拐杖，裝腔作勢起來。 返回 affect