affect
[ə'fekt] verb transitive
INFLUENCE 影响
ESSENTIAL
■to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause them to change 影响；侵袭；感染；打动•Both buildings were badly affected by the fire.两座大楼都被大火严重焚毁。 •The divorce affected every aspect of her life.离婚使她生活的各个方面都受到了影响。 •It's a disease which affects mainly older people.这是一种主要侵扰老年人的疾病。 •I was deeply affected by the film (= It caused strong feelings in me).我被电影深深地打动了。
[ə'fekt] verb transitive
PRETEND 假装 formal
■to pretend to feel or think something 假装•To all his problems she affected indifference.对他所有的问题，她都装作漠不关心的样子。 ■formal mainly disapproving
■to start to wear or do something in order to make people admire or respect you （为引人注意或自抬身价而）刻意穿戴，故作•At university he affected an upper-class accent.在大学里他拿腔捏调冒充社会上流人士。 •He's recently affected a hat and cane.近来，他头上戴了顶帽子，手上拿了根拐杖，装腔作势起来。 |