affect
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈfekt/
/əˈfekt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they affect | /əˈfekt/ /əˈfekt/ |
| he / she / it affects | /əˈfekts/ /əˈfekts/ |
| past simple affected | /əˈfektɪd/ /əˈfektɪd/ |
| past participle affected | /əˈfektɪd/ /əˈfektɪd/ |
| -ing form affecting | /əˈfektɪŋ/ /əˈfektɪŋ/ |
- affect somebody/something to produce a change in somebody/something
影响 - How will these changes affect us?
这些变化对我们会有什么影响？ - The article deals with issues affecting the lives of children.
这篇文章论述了影响儿童生活的问题。 - Thousands of people have been adversely affected (= affected in a negative way) by the decision.
成千上万的人受到了这一决定的不利影响。 - The quality and health of the soil directly affects the quality and health of the plants.
土壤的质量和健康直接影响植物的质量和健康。 - Your opinion will not affect my decision.
你的意见不会影响我的决定。 - The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
该国南方旱情最严重。
Which Word? affect / effectaffect / effect- affect verb = ‘to have an influence on somebody/something’:
affect 动词 = 影响某人／某事： - Does television affect children’s behaviour?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗？
- Does television affect children’s behaviour?
- effect noun = ‘result, influence’:
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
电视对孩子的行为有影响吗？
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
- effect verb is quite rare and formal and means ‘to achieve or produce’:
effect 作动词罕见且正式，意为实现、产生： - They hope to effect a reconciliation.
他们希望实现和解。
- They hope to effect a reconciliation.
- Hopefully this will not affect the outcome of the talks.
希望这不会影响会谈的结果。 - Sales did not seem unduly affected.
销售似乎并未受到过分的影响。 - The class structure affects people's attitudes and behaviour.
阶级结构影响人们的态度和行为。 - decisions that affect all our lives
影响我们一生的决定 - developments that are likely to affect the environment
很有可能影响环境的发展 - Education has been severely affected by the war.
教育受到战争的严重影响。 - The type of audience will affect what you say and how you say it.
听众的类型会影响你讲话的内容和方式。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- greatly
- materially
- …
- be likely to
- How will these changes affect us?
- [often passive] affect somebody/something (of a disease
疾病 侵袭；使感染 - The disease is more likely to affect women than men.
这种疾病对女性的影响比男性更大。 - The condition affects one in five women.
每五个妇女就有一个人患有这种病。 - Rub the cream into the affected areas.
把乳膏揉进患处。
- The disease is more likely to affect women than men.
- affect somebody [often passive] to make somebody feel very sad, sorry, etc. about somebody/something
（感情上）深深打动；使悲伤（或怜悯等） - They were deeply affected by the news of her death.
她死亡的消息使他们唏嘘不已。 - Her death affected him deeply.
她的死令他悲痛欲绝。 - Try not to let his problems affect you too much.
尽量不要让他的问题太影响你。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- profoundly
- They were deeply affected by the news of her death.
- (formal) to pretend to be feeling or thinking something
假装 - affect something She affected a calmness she did not feel.
她强装镇静。 - affect to do something We are fascinated by the rich and powerful but often affect to despise them.
我们被富人和有权有势的人迷住了，但常常假装鄙视他们。
- affect something She affected a calmness she did not feel.
- affect something (formal, disapproving) to use or wear something that is intended to impress other people
炫耀；做作地使用（或穿戴） - I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent.
但愿他别故意装出那种可笑的腔调。
- I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent.
词源senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.senses 4 to 5 late Middle English: from French affecter or Latin affectare ‘aim at’, frequentative of afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘like, love’, hence ‘(like to) use, assume, etc.’.