Definition of affected in English:

affected

adjective əˈfɛktɪdəˈfɛktəd

1Influenced or touched by an external factor.
affected areas
Example sentencesExamples
- The United Nations is saying that 20 per cent of affected areas are yet to be assessed by any aid teams.
- The affected area may feel hot and be sensitive to the touch.
- And we're working to assist the school districts that have taken in students from the affected areas.
- We're coordinating with local parish officials in the affected areas to provide whatever logistical help we can.
- The authorities had blocked huge areas around the affected Tube stations.
- Soon the affected area was hit by a severe drought.
- The patient's cervical spine is placed in extension and the head rotated toward the affected shoulder.
- For all external uses, apply turmeric powder directly to the affected area every two hours, using a clean cloth.
- Using a lotion on the affected area will help the skin soften and lighten up.
- A lot of the affected areas are driven by tourism.
- This is achieved by applying sustained external pressure to the affected lower extremity.
- The situation in all of the affected areas remains very dangerous.
- This bill does go some way towards assisting the affected farmers.
- The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved.
- This problem was anticipated in the affected areas.
- Whether you live in the affected area or not is irrelevant.
- People have been warned not to touch the water in affected areas.
- Many of them have very personal connections to the affected area.
- If the affected area becomes red, warm, or tender to the touch, notify your child's doctor.
- The Admiral is also directing buses to the affected areas to help us move our people out.
2Artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
the gesture appeared both affected and stagy
Example sentencesExamples
- Everyone immediately went back to what they were doing in a rather false and affected way.
- I mean, if there's anything more affected than a fake accent, it's pretending you don't know you're doing it.
- The accent and intonation were near perfect, and there was no sign of affected or artificial delivery.
- But I'm afraid I detected a kind of affected pose in the presentation of the idea.
- Maybe it was an affected statesman-like pose for the television cameras.
- His concern that members will lose faith in liberal democracy is affected and false.
- Mercifully, they have more or less avoided the affected, fake English accents that plagued the sub-genre.
- The character is all Ivy-league pretensions and affected accent.
- It is simplicity in a pudding bowl, and the tradition of a final splash of whisky on top is neither an affected nor over-elaborate addition.
- What she actually offers is a load of manufactured pop songs, sung in a slightly affected posh voice.
Synonyms
pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone
contrived, forced, laboured, strained, stiff, posed, stagy, studied, mannered, hollow, insincere, unconvincing
artificial, unnatural, assumed, pretended, feigned, false, fake, faked, counterfeit, sham, simulated, spurious, pseudo, mock, imitation
informal la-di-da, hoity-toity, highfalutin, fancy-pants, posey, pseud, phoney, pretend, put on
British informal poncey, posh, toffee-nosed
3archaic predicative Disposed or inclined in a specified way.
you might become differently affected towards him
Example sentencesExamples
- I frequently received visits also from the general who was very well affected toward me.
- We think the true scholar will be affected toward language and Nature.
- This tribe has been well affected toward the French, but they are at present somewhat in revolt.

Derivatives

affectedly

adverb əˈfɛktɪdliəˈfɛktədli

In a way that is artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
an affectedly modest appraisal of his own efforts
Example sentencesExamples
- he spoke affectedly and liked to make use of fine expressions
- In the first film she also fell foul of the normally amiable actor, who found her affectedly standoffish.
- I have met, I believe, the two most affectedly camp people in the country, and I have the mental scars to prove it.
- Most of these meetings are overcrowded, while the candidates affectedly brag about exceeded expectations.

Definition of affected in US English:

affected

adjectiveəˈfektədəˈfɛktəd

1Influenced or touched by an external factor.
apply moist heat to the affected area
Example sentencesExamples
- The affected area may feel hot and be sensitive to the touch.
- This bill does go some way towards assisting the affected farmers.
- The authorities had blocked huge areas around the affected Tube stations.
- This problem was anticipated in the affected areas.
- Using a lotion on the affected area will help the skin soften and lighten up.
- The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved.
- For all external uses, apply turmeric powder directly to the affected area every two hours, using a clean cloth.
- Soon the affected area was hit by a severe drought.
- The situation in all of the affected areas remains very dangerous.
- The Admiral is also directing buses to the affected areas to help us move our people out.
- Whether you live in the affected area or not is irrelevant.
- The United Nations is saying that 20 per cent of affected areas are yet to be assessed by any aid teams.
- Many of them have very personal connections to the affected area.
- This is achieved by applying sustained external pressure to the affected lower extremity.
- People have been warned not to touch the water in affected areas.
- A lot of the affected areas are driven by tourism.
- If the affected area becomes red, warm, or tender to the touch, notify your child's doctor.
- We're coordinating with local parish officials in the affected areas to provide whatever logistical help we can.
- And we're working to assist the school districts that have taken in students from the affected areas.
- The patient's cervical spine is placed in extension and the head rotated toward the affected shoulder.
2Artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
the gesture appeared both affected and stagy
Example sentencesExamples
- Everyone immediately went back to what they were doing in a rather false and affected way.
- The accent and intonation were near perfect, and there was no sign of affected or artificial delivery.
- The character is all Ivy-league pretensions and affected accent.
- His concern that members will lose faith in liberal democracy is affected and false.
- But I'm afraid I detected a kind of affected pose in the presentation of the idea.
- It is simplicity in a pudding bowl, and the tradition of a final splash of whisky on top is neither an affected nor over-elaborate addition.
- Maybe it was an affected statesman-like pose for the television cameras.
- What she actually offers is a load of manufactured pop songs, sung in a slightly affected posh voice.
- I mean, if there's anything more affected than a fake accent, it's pretending you don't know you're doing it.
- Mercifully, they have more or less avoided the affected, fake English accents that plagued the sub-genre.
Synonyms
pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone
3archaic predicative Disposed or inclined in a specified way.
you might become differently affected toward him
Example sentencesExamples
- This tribe has been well affected toward the French, but they are at present somewhat in revolt.
- I frequently received visits also from the general who was very well affected toward me.
- We think the true scholar will be affected toward language and Nature.

单词	affected
释义	Definition of affected in English: affected adjective əˈfɛktɪdəˈfɛktəd 1Influenced or touched by an external factor. affected areas Example sentencesExamples The United Nations is saying that 20 per cent of affected areas are yet to be assessed by any aid teams. The affected area may feel hot and be sensitive to the touch. And we're working to assist the school districts that have taken in students from the affected areas. We're coordinating with local parish officials in the affected areas to provide whatever logistical help we can. The authorities had blocked huge areas around the affected Tube stations. Soon the affected area was hit by a severe drought. The patient's cervical spine is placed in extension and the head rotated toward the affected shoulder. For all external uses, apply turmeric powder directly to the affected area every two hours, using a clean cloth. Using a lotion on the affected area will help the skin soften and lighten up. A lot of the affected areas are driven by tourism. This is achieved by applying sustained external pressure to the affected lower extremity. The situation in all of the affected areas remains very dangerous. This bill does go some way towards assisting the affected farmers. The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved. This problem was anticipated in the affected areas. Whether you live in the affected area or not is irrelevant. People have been warned not to touch the water in affected areas. Many of them have very personal connections to the affected area. If the affected area becomes red, warm, or tender to the touch, notify your child's doctor. The Admiral is also directing buses to the affected areas to help us move our people out. 2Artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress. the gesture appeared both affected and stagy Example sentencesExamples Everyone immediately went back to what they were doing in a rather false and affected way. I mean, if there's anything more affected than a fake accent, it's pretending you don't know you're doing it. The accent and intonation were near perfect, and there was no sign of affected or artificial delivery. But I'm afraid I detected a kind of affected pose in the presentation of the idea. Maybe it was an affected statesman-like pose for the television cameras. His concern that members will lose faith in liberal democracy is affected and false. Mercifully, they have more or less avoided the affected, fake English accents that plagued the sub-genre. The character is all Ivy-league pretensions and affected accent. It is simplicity in a pudding bowl, and the tradition of a final splash of whisky on top is neither an affected nor over-elaborate addition. What she actually offers is a load of manufactured pop songs, sung in a slightly affected posh voice. Synonyms pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone contrived, forced, laboured, strained, stiff, posed, stagy, studied, mannered, hollow, insincere, unconvincing artificial, unnatural, assumed, pretended, feigned, false, fake, faked, counterfeit, sham, simulated, spurious, pseudo, mock, imitation informal la-di-da, hoity-toity, highfalutin, fancy-pants, posey, pseud, phoney, pretend, put on British informal poncey, posh, toffee-nosed 3archaic predicative Disposed or inclined in a specified way. you might become differently affected towards him Example sentencesExamples I frequently received visits also from the general who was very well affected toward me. We think the true scholar will be affected toward language and Nature. This tribe has been well affected toward the French, but they are at present somewhat in revolt. Derivatives affectedly adverb əˈfɛktɪdliəˈfɛktədli In a way that is artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress. an affectedly modest appraisal of his own efforts Example sentencesExamples he spoke affectedly and liked to make use of fine expressions In the first film she also fell foul of the normally amiable actor, who found her affectedly standoffish. I have met, I believe, the two most affectedly camp people in the country, and I have the mental scars to prove it. Most of these meetings are overcrowded, while the candidates affectedly brag about exceeded expectations. Definition of affected in US English: affected adjectiveəˈfektədəˈfɛktəd 1Influenced or touched by an external factor. apply moist heat to the affected area Example sentencesExamples The affected area may feel hot and be sensitive to the touch. This bill does go some way towards assisting the affected farmers. The authorities had blocked huge areas around the affected Tube stations. This problem was anticipated in the affected areas. Using a lotion on the affected area will help the skin soften and lighten up. The crystals inside the joint cause intense pain whenever the affected area is moved. For all external uses, apply turmeric powder directly to the affected area every two hours, using a clean cloth. Soon the affected area was hit by a severe drought. The situation in all of the affected areas remains very dangerous. The Admiral is also directing buses to the affected areas to help us move our people out. Whether you live in the affected area or not is irrelevant. The United Nations is saying that 20 per cent of affected areas are yet to be assessed by any aid teams. Many of them have very personal connections to the affected area. This is achieved by applying sustained external pressure to the affected lower extremity. People have been warned not to touch the water in affected areas. A lot of the affected areas are driven by tourism. If the affected area becomes red, warm, or tender to the touch, notify your child's doctor. We're coordinating with local parish officials in the affected areas to provide whatever logistical help we can. And we're working to assist the school districts that have taken in students from the affected areas. The patient's cervical spine is placed in extension and the head rotated toward the affected shoulder. 2Artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress. the gesture appeared both affected and stagy Example sentencesExamples Everyone immediately went back to what they were doing in a rather false and affected way. The accent and intonation were near perfect, and there was no sign of affected or artificial delivery. The character is all Ivy-league pretensions and affected accent. His concern that members will lose faith in liberal democracy is affected and false. But I'm afraid I detected a kind of affected pose in the presentation of the idea. It is simplicity in a pudding bowl, and the tradition of a final splash of whisky on top is neither an affected nor over-elaborate addition. Maybe it was an affected statesman-like pose for the television cameras. What she actually offers is a load of manufactured pop songs, sung in a slightly affected posh voice. I mean, if there's anything more affected than a fake accent, it's pretending you don't know you're doing it. Mercifully, they have more or less avoided the affected, fake English accents that plagued the sub-genre. Synonyms pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone 3archaic predicative Disposed or inclined in a specified way. you might become differently affected toward him Example sentencesExamples This tribe has been well affected toward the French, but they are at present somewhat in revolt. I frequently received visits also from the general who was very well affected toward me. We think the true scholar will be affected toward language and Nature.
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