| 单词 | infect |
| 释义 | infect (once / 274 pages) v To infect is to spread an illness to another person. If you sneeze on your friend, you may inadvertently infect her with your germs. When a disease moves from person to person, it infects them. Most diseases only spread within one species, although there are some, like avian flu, that can infect both humans and other animals. Another way to infect someone is to deeply affect them with an idea or emotion: "His enthusiasm for music infects the class with excitement." The Latin root, inficere, means "to spoil or stain" and "to dip into." WORD FAMILYinfect: disinfect, infected, infecting, infection, infective, infects, superinfect+/disinfect: disinfectant, disinfected, disinfecting, disinfection, disinfects/disinfectant: disinfectants/infected: uninfected/infection: infections, infectious, superinfection/infectious: infectiously, noninfectious USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike some of Trump’s other national security advisers, though, Kelly does not appear to be infected with bizarrely virulent anti-Muslim prejudice. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) A picture of muddy children’s gloves reminds you of the utter squalor that infected the whole site. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The brain defect may occur when a mother is infected with Zika while pregnant. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1v contaminate with a disease or microorganism Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper taint disinfect destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing superinfect infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms smutaffect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn contaminate, foul, pollute make impure 2v communicate a disease to Your children have infected you with this head cold Hypo|Hyper canker infect with a canker give cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense 3v affect in a contagious way His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room Hyper affect, impress, move, strike have an emotional or cognitive impact upon 4v corrupt with ideas or an ideology society was infected by racism Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
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