| 单词 | affect |
| 释义 | af·fect I. 1. obsolete 2. II. transitive verb 1. archaic < this proud man affects imperial sway — John Dryden > 2. a. archaic < as for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved her — Thomas Fuller > b. < affect a precise way of speaking > < affect brightly colored clothing > 3. < it was the habit of the moment at Oxford to affect irreverence — T.B.Costain > 4. < affect indifference > < youthfulness is something she has to affect — E.R.Bentley > < Lewis at first affected to receive these propositions coolly — T.B.Macaulay > 5. < drops of water affect roundness > 6. < swallows that affect chimneys > < she was employed far away from the table which I affected — Arnold Bennett > intransitive verb obsolete Synonyms: see assume III. 1. a. < a condition affecting the heart > b. (1) < rainfall affects plant growth > < areas to be affected by highway construction > (2) c. < the physical details that had once affected her so deeply — Ellen Glasgow > : influence < the only law on the books affecting the conduct of the individual — Zechariah Chafee > 2. < endowment funds affected to the provision of scholarships > Synonyms: < a sentence about the weather, and how it affected her joints — Floyd Dell > < I was more than a little unstrung. Those long weeks of solitude had affected my nerves — Jack McLaren > < the crop in China would have been larger had not flood damage adversely affected the yields — Collier's Year Book > influence applies to a force that brings about a change or determines a course or stand < the general political views of John Quincy Adams strongly influenced him, though he was not attracted by the example and methods of the older man — W.C.Ford > < the British expressed views still strongly influenced by nineteenth-century concepts of diplomacy and imperialism — Vera M. Dean > < she influenced profoundly the history of her people by her political acumen as minister without portfolio — Americana Annual > touch, similar to affect but more vivid, may suggest forceful or emotional arousing, stirring, or impinging on < they do care! their hearts are touched. We can do anything with them now — Hugh Walpole > < a small object whose exquisite workmanship has touched me with its intimate charm — Jean S. Untermeyer > impress may suggest a deep lasting effect < the populace was impressed because the president in person had heeded the call of a poor farmer — H.F.Wilkins > < his appeal was to fear, and he so impressed his hearers that frequently they fell to the floor or shrieked in terror — H.E.Starr > strike is more likely to suggest sudden sharp perception or reaction < with a note in her voice that struck them all awake and fearful — Grace Campbell > < she was struck silent by her love — Ethel Wilson > < we may be struck with a sense of otherness, of unfamiliarity, and we seek orientation in terms of what we already know — A.C.Danto > sway often applies to influences that are either not resisted or have such force that resistance is overcome, with resulting change in the subject's nature or course < capricious deities, swayed by human passions and desires — G.L.Dickinson > < it is generally conceded that phrasing can sway opinions most easily when those opinions are not strongly held — S.L.Payne > < the elemental forces which sway the spirit with immortal hopes and infinite terrors — Roger Fry > |
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