affect
verb[T]
uk/əˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/affectverb[T](INFLUENCE)
B2
to have aninfluenceon someone or something, or tocauseachangein someone or something:
影响；侵袭；感染；打动Bothbuildingswerebadlyaffected by thefire.两座楼都在大火中严重受损。
Thedivorceaffected everyaspectof herlife.离婚使她生活的各个方面都受到了影响。
It's adiseasethat affectsmainlyolderpeople.这是一种主要侵扰老年人的疾病。
I wasdeeplyaffected by thefilm(= itcausedstrongfeelingsin me).我被电影深深地打动了。
to have power to cause a change in someone or something
- affectLow-income women were disproportionately affected by the legislation.
- influenceThe jury could have been influenced by all the media coverage surrounding the case.
- be/fall under someone's influence/spellThe young queen seemed to fall under the spell of her counsellor, believing everything he told her.
- be under someone's spellWe warned her about him, but all he had to do was turn on the charm and she was under his spell.
- guideHe is guided by the core beliefs of his religion.
- impactSevere storms will impact on travel across the region tonight.
- The newrateswill affect allconsumersincludingbusinesses.
- Researchers arelookingat how a mother'shealthcan affect thebabyin thewomb.
- Hisillnessaffectsalmosteveryaspectof hislife.
- Farmers andmarketgardenershave beenbadlyaffected by thedrought.
- You couldn'tfailto be affected by thefilm.
Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- applicability
- be/fall undersomeone'sinfluence/spellidiom
- bear
- bear onsomething
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- colour
- instrumental
- interinfluence
- involve
- jerk
- keepsomeoneon the railsidiom
- pen
- shape
- spill over
- start(something)off
- tastemaker
- tell againstsomeone/something
- thought leadership
affectverb[T](PRETEND)
formal
topretendtofeelorthinksomething:
假装To all hisproblemsshe affectedindifference.对他所有的问题，她都装作漠不关心的样子。
to act as if something is true when it is not
- pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise.
- make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
- play at somethingUKThe children are playing at cops and robbers.
- role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
- fakeShe's only faking being ill.
- feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.
formalmainlydisapproving
tostarttowearor do something inorderto makepeopleadmireorrespectyou:
（为引人注意或自抬身价而）刻意穿戴，故作Atuniversityhe affected anupper-classaccent.在大学里他拿腔捏调假装上流社会口音。
He'srecentlyaffected ahatandcane.近来，他头上戴了顶帽子，手上拿了根拐杖，装腔作势起来。
Faking & pretending
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- changeling
- charlatan
- come thesomethingidiom
- cry
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- fraud
- mountebank
- out-bluff
- passsomethingoff assomething
- phoney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quack
Grammar
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