affect

to pretend; influence: It will affect the outcome.
Not to be confused with:effect – a result; an influence: His protest had no effect. [The words affect and effect are among the most frequently confused words. Affect means to bring about a change, to move emotionally, or to infect, as a disease. Its core meaning is to evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from. Effect means consequence, outcome, upshot. Its core meaning is something brought about by a cause.]

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A0120200 (ə-fĕkt′)tr.v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar.2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move. See Synonyms at move.3. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.n. (ăf′ĕkt′)1. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer).2. Obsolete A disposition, feeling, or tendency.

[Middle English affecten, from Latin afficere, affect-, to do to, act on : ad-, ad- + facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]Usage Note: Affect and effect are often confused because they sound alike and have related meanings. First, bear in mind that there are two words spelled affect. One means "to put on a false show of," as in She affected a British accent. The other affect, the one that is confused with effect, is both a noun and a verb. As a noun it is uncommon and means roughly "emotion." It is pronounced with stress on the first syllable rather than the second. Note that affect does not have a noun sense meaning "an influence that brings about a change." As a verb, affect is most commonly used in the sense of "to cause a change in:" the ways in which smoking affects health. The verb effect means "to bring about or execute": medical treatment designed to effect a cure. Its corresponding noun means "a result." Thus if someone affects something, there is likely to be an effect of some kind, and from this may arise some of the confusion. People who stop smoking will see beneficial health effects, but not beneficial health affects. The verbs produce important differences in meaning. The sentence These measures have been designed to effect savings implies that the measures will cause new savings to come about. Using affect in the very similar sentence These measures will affect savings implies that the measures will cause a change in savings that have already been realized.

af·fect²

A0120200 (ə-fĕkt′)tr.v. af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To put on a false show of; simulate: affected a British accent.2. a. To have or show a liking for: affects dramatic clothes.b. Archaic To fancy; love.3. To tend to by nature; tend to assume: a substance that affects crystalline form.4. To imitate; copy: "Spenser, in affecting the ancients, writ no language" (Ben Jonson).

[Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, to strive after, frequentative of afficere, affect-, to affect, influence; see affect¹.]

af·fect′er n.

affect

vb (tr) 1. to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way: damp affected the sparking plugs. 2. to move or disturb emotionally or mentally: her death affected him greatly. 3. (Medicine) (of pain, disease, etc) to attack n (Psychology) psychol the emotion associated with an idea or set of ideas. See also affection [C17: from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere to act upon, from ad- to + facere to do]

affect

(əˈfɛkt) vb (mainly tr) 1. to put on an appearance or show of; make a pretence of: to affect ignorance. 2. to imitate or assume, esp pretentiously: to affect an accent. 3. to have or use by preference: she always affects funereal clothing. 4. to adopt the character, manner, etc, of: he was always affecting the politician. 5. (Biology) (of plants or animals) to live or grow in: penguins affect an arctic climate. 6. to incline naturally or habitually towards: falling drops of liquid affect roundness. [C15: from Latin affectāre to strive after, pretend to have; related to afficere to affect¹]

af•fect¹

(v. əˈfɛkt; n. ˈæf ɛkt)

v.t. 1. to produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops. 2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. 3. (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of. n. 4. feeling or emotion. 5. Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response. 6. Obs. inward disposition or feeling. [1350–1400; Middle English, < Latin affectus] af•fect′a•ble, adj. af•fect`a•bil′i•ty, n. usage: Because of similarity in pronunciation, affect and effect are sometimes confused in writing. The spelling affect is used of two different words. The verb affect¹ means “to act on” or “to move” (His words affected the crowd so deeply that many wept); the noun affect¹, pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, refers to emotion or, in psychiatry, emotional response. affect² is not used as a noun; as a verb it means “to pretend” or “to assume” (new students affecting a nonchalance they didn't feel). The verb effect means “to bring about, accomplish”: Her administration effected radical changes. The noun effect means “result, consequence”: the serious effects of the oil spill.

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(əˈfɛkt)
v.t. 1. to pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of history. 2. to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect: to affect a British accent. 3. to use, wear, or adopt by preference: to affect an outrageous costume. 4. to assume the character or attitude of: to affect the freethinker. 5. (of substances) to tend toward habitually or naturally: to affect colloidal form. 6. Archaic. a. to have affection for. b. to aspire to. v.i. 7. Obs. to incline: She affects to the old ways.[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French affecter < Latin affectāre]af•fect′•er, n. syn: See pretend.usage: See affect¹.

affect

effect">effect1. 'affect'

Affect /ə'fekt/ is a verb. To affect someone or something means to cause them to change, often in a negative way.

There are many ways in which computers can affect our lives.The disease affected Jane's lungs.2. 'effect'

Effect /ɪ'fekt/ is usually a noun. An effect is something that happens or exists because something else has happened.

The report shows the effect of noise on people in the factories.This has the effect of separating students from teachers.

You can say that something has a particular effect on something else.

Improvement in water supply can have a dramatic effect on health.These changes will have a significant effect on our business.

Effect is sometimes a verb. If you effect something that you are trying to achieve, you succeed in achieving it. This is a formal use.

The new law will give us the power to effect change.

touch

affect1. 'touch'

If you touch something, you gently put your fingers or hand on it.

The metal is so hot I can't touch it.Madeleine stretched out her hand to touch his.

If you are touched by something, it makes you feel sad, sympathetic, or grateful.

I was touched that he should remember the party where he had kissed me for the first time.I was touched by his thoughtfulness.2. 'affect'

You do not use 'touch' to say that something changes or influences a person or thing. You do not say, for example, 'We wanted to know how these proposals would touch our town'. The word you use is affect.

...the ways in which computers can affect our lives.The disease affected Jane's lungs.

affect

Past participle: affected
Gerund: affecting

Imperative
affect
affect

Present
I affect
you affect
he/she/it affects
we affect
you affect
they affect

Preterite
I affected
you affected
he/she/it affected
we affected
you affected
they affected

Present Continuous
I am affecting
you are affecting
he/she/it is affecting
we are affecting
you are affecting
they are affecting

Present Perfect
I have affected
you have affected
he/she/it has affected
we have affected
you have affected
they have affected

Past Continuous
I was affecting
you were affecting
he/she/it was affecting
we were affecting
you were affecting
they were affecting

Past Perfect
I had affected
you had affected
he/she/it had affected
we had affected
you had affected
they had affected

Future
I will affect
you will affect
he/she/it will affect
we will affect
you will affect
they will affect

Future Perfect
I will have affected
you will have affected
he/she/it will have affected
we will have affected
you will have affected
they will have affected

Future Continuous
I will be affecting
you will be affecting
he/she/it will be affecting
we will be affecting
you will be affecting
they will be affecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been affecting
you have been affecting
he/she/it has been affecting
we have been affecting
you have been affecting
they have been affecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been affecting
you will have been affecting
he/she/it will have been affecting
we will have been affecting
you will have been affecting
they will have been affecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been affecting
you had been affecting
he/she/it had been affecting
we had been affecting
you had been affecting
they had been affecting

Conditional
I would affect
you would affect
he/she/it would affect
we would affect
you would affect
they would affect

Past Conditional
I would have affected
you would have affected
he/she/it would have affected
we would have affected
you would have affected
they would have affected

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotionfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
Verb	1.	affect - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touchalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"strike a blow - affect adversely; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws"repercuss - cause repercussions; have an unwanted effecttell on - produce an effect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs"redound - have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good"stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"hydrolise, hydrolize - make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysistinge, color, colour, distort - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult positionhit, strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, bother - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"slam-dunk - make a forceful move against; "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"
	2.	affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"attack - begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"ulcerate - affect with an ulcer; "Her stomach was ulcerated"sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"energize, perk up, energise, stimulate, arouse, brace - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"tense up, tense, strain - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind, relax, loosen up - cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"cramp - affect with or as if with a crampjaundice - affect with, or as if with, jaundicealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"register - enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"inebriate, intoxicate, soak - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
	3.	affect - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"involve, regardconcern, have to do with, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, refer, relate, touch - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"implicate - bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
	4.	affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"dissemble, feign, pretend, shammisrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"play possum - to pretend to be deadtake a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxerbullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
	5.	affect - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"impress, strike, moveinfect - affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"ingrain, instill, impress - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"awaken - make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"incite, motivate, prompt, propel, actuate, move - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"engrave - impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"strike dumb - render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement"zap - strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord - refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!"smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"cloud - make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness"pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"impress - impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"sweep off, sweep away - overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away"disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"move - arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"sadden - make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"come to, hit, strike - cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

affect

¹verb1. influence, involve, concern, impact, transform, alter, modify, change, manipulate, act on, sway, prevail over, bear upon, impinge upon Millions of people have been affected by the drought.2. emotionally move, touch, upset, overcome, stir, disturb, perturb, impress on, tug at your heartstrings (often facetious) He loved his sister, and her loss clearly still affects him. see effect

affect

²verb put on, assume, adopt, pretend, imitate, simulate, contrive, aspire to, sham, counterfeit, feign He listened to them, affecting an amused interest.

affect¹

verbTo evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from:get (to), impress, move, strike, touch.

affect²

verbTo take on or give a false appearance of:assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate.Idiom: make believe.

Translations

影响感动

affect

(əˈfekt) verb1. to act or have an effect on. Rain affects the grass; His kidneys have been affected by the disease.影响2. to move the feelings of. She was deeply affected by the news of his death.感动

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affect

[af´ekt] the external expression of emotion attached to ideas or mental representations of objects. see also mood.blunted affect severe reduction in the intensity of affect; a common symptom of schizophrenic disorders.constricted affect restricted affect.flat affect lack of emotional expression.inappropriate affect affect that is incongruent with the situation or with the content of a patient's ideas or speech.labile affect that characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli.restricted affect reduction in the intensity of affect, to a somewhat lesser degree than is characteristic of blunted affect.

af·fect

(af'fekt), Do not confuse this word with effect.The emotional feeling, tone, and mood attached to a thought, including its external manifestations. [L. affectus, state of mind, fr. afficio, to have influence on]

affect

(ə-fĕkt′)tr.v. af·fected, af·fecting, af·fects To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.n. (ăf′ĕkt′) Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer).

Affect

(1) The observable mental or emotional state of a person. The normal range of expressed affect varies considerably between different cultures and even within the same culture.
Examples Sadness, fear, joy, anger.
Modifiers Euphoric, irritable, constricted, blunted, flat, inappropriate, labile, dramatic, sad.
(2) The subjective experience of emotion accompanying an idea or mental representation, loosely synonymous with feeling, emotion, or mood.

affect

Psychiatry 1. The observed emotional state of a Pt, which may be modified by such adjectives as blunted, dramatic, labile, sad.2. The subjective experience of emotion accompanying an idea or mental representation; affect is loosely synonymous with feeling, emotion, or mood. See Emotion, Flat affect, Inappropriate affect, Mood.

af·fect

(a'fekt) The emotional feeling, tone, and mood attached to a thought, including its external manifestations; especially as demonstrated by postural and facial expressions. [L. affectus, state of mind, fr. afficio, to have influence on]

affect

Mood or emotion. The word is often used to describe the external signs of emotion, as perceived by another person.

Affect

An observed emotional expression or response. In some situations, anxiety would be considered an inappropriate affect.Mentioned in: Anxiety

af·fect

(a'fekt) Do not confuse this word with effect.The emotional feeling, tone, and mood attached to a thought, including its external manifestations. [L. affectus, state of mind, fr. afficio, to have influence on]

Patient discussion about affect

Q. Major mood disorder! Hi guys! My topic is all about major mood disorder, bipolar 1 mixed with psychotic features and I would like to ask if I could get some information regarding with its introduction on international, national and local. Hope you all understood what I mean to ask.A. Methinks all these brain disorders have everything to do with a lack of copper. With all our modern technology and artificial fertilizers and processing of foods, the food has become so depleted of minerals that our bodies and brains have become so depleted that we cannot even function properly. Start taking kelp, calcium magnesium, cod liver oil, flax seed oil, and raw apple cider vinegar. This will bring healing and normal function to the brain and body systems. The emotions will calm down and be more manageable. If you are taking a vitamin with more manganese than copper it will add to the dysfunction. Don't waste your money. There you are! Some solutions rather than more rhetoric about the problem.

Q. Mood- disorder? What will happen to the people who refuse treatment? I know someone whose mother got diagnosed with "mood- disorder" and now this person says that she don't have it. But all her brothers and sisters have this, and are on medication. Is there a way to save our family heritage?A. well done, i will start to collect with the agreement of Iri possible causes for disorders (bipolar, mood, whatever you want to call it) to help people to recognize themselves. they all can start in the moment we are in the embryo. parental conflicts, aggressions, sexual behaviours, drugs, alcohol, smoking in abondance can affect us from this moment on.

Q. I think that bipolar is just a mood disorder. I think that bipolar is just a mood disorder. Do I?A. You are correct, according to the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) Bipolar Disorder is a Mood Disorder. Other conditions in this category are Anxiety Disorders--and of course--Unipolar Depression.

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