affect

affect1
[əˈfɛkt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]have an effect on; make a difference to
    影响；对…有影响，对…起作用
    the dampness began to affect my health.
    潮气开始影响我的健康。
    [with clause]your attitude will affect how successful you are.
    你的态度会影响你成功的程度。
    ■touch the feelings of(someone); move emotionally
    打动（某人）；感动
    [as adj. affecting]a highly affecting account of her experiences in prison.
    对她在狱中经历的动情描述。
    ■(of an illness) attack or infect
    （疾病）侵袭，感染
派生
affectingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'attack as a disease'): from French affecter or Latin affect- 'influenced, affected', from the verb afficere (see affect)
用法
  1. Affect and effect are quite different in meaning, though frequently confused. Affect is primarily a verb meaning ‘make a difference to’, as in their gender need not affect their career.Effect on the other hand is commonly used both as a noun and a verb, meaning ‘a result’ as a noun move the cursor until you get the effect you want or ‘bring about (a result)’ as a verb growth in the economy can only be effected by stringent economic controls In the British National Corpus, nearly 10 per cent of uses of effect are in fact incorrect uses where affect should be used
affect2
[əˈfɛkt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]pretend to have or feel (something)
    假装
    as usual I affected a supreme unconcern.
    和平常一样我假装极其漫不经心。
    [with infinitive]a book that affects to loathe the modern world.
    佯装愤恨现代世界的书。
    ■use, wear, or assume (something) pretentiously or so as to make an impression on others
    做作地使用（或穿戴、摆弄）；故作姿态地模仿
    an Anglophile who had affected a British accent.
    模仿英国口音的亲英派。
语源
  1. late Middle English : from French affecter or Latin affectare 'aim at', frequentative of afficere 'work on, influence', from ad- 'at, to' + facere 'do'. The original sense was 'like, love', hence ('like to) use, assume, etc.'
affect3
[ˈafɛkt]
noun
  1. [mass noun](Psychology)emotion or desire especially as influencing behaviour or action
    (心理学)（尤指影响行为或行动的）情感，感情，渴望
派生
affectless
adjective
affectlessness
noun
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: coined in German from Latin affectus 'disposition', from afficere 'to influence' (see affect)
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