The word "infect" is a verb with multiple meanings, including causing or spreading disease in humans, animals, or plants, contaminating substances with harmful germs, and spreading feelings or ideas to others. It can also refer to a computer virus affecting a system.
[VERB 动词]传染；侵染；感染 To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness.
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A single mosquito can infect a large number of people.
一只蚊子就可以感染很多人。
...objects used by an infected person.
被感染者使用过的物品
...people infected with HIV.
感染艾滋病病毒的人们
infection
...plants that are resistant to infection.
对传染病具有抵抗力的植物
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[VERB 动词]污染 To infect a substance or area means to cause it to contain harmful germs or bacteria.
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The birds infect the milk.
鸟污染了牛奶。
...a virus which is spread mainly by infected blood.
主要通过被污染的血液传播的病毒
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[VERB 动词]使受影响；感染 When people, places, or things are infected by a feeling or influence, it spreads to them.
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For an instant I was infected by her fear...
有那么一会儿她的恐惧也传染给了我。
He thought they might infect others with their bourgeois ideas...
他认为他们可以用他们的资产阶级思想去影响别人。
His urge for revenge would never infect her.
他的强烈复仇渴望永远不会影响到她。
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[VERB 动词]使(计算机)感染病毒 If a virus infects a computer, it affects the computer by damaging or destroying programs.
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This virus infected thousands of computers within days.
这种病毒在短短几天内感染了数千台计算机。
Oxford
in·fect★/ɪnˈfekt; NAmEɪnˈfekt/verb1★to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant 传染；使感染infectsb/sth ◆It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.接吻不可能把这种病传染给他人。infectsb/sth with sth ◆people infected with HIV染上艾滋病病毒的人2★infectsth (with sth) [usually passive ]to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease 使携带病菌SYN
contaminate
◆eggs infected with salmonella带沙门氏菌的鸡蛋3infectsth (with sth) to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program 传染，使感染（计算机病毒）4infectsb (with sth) to make sb share a particular feeling 使感染（某种感情）；影响◆She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.她对音乐的热爱感染了孩子们。infectinfectsinfectedinfectingin·fect/ɪnˈfekt; NAmEɪnˈfekt/
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infectin‧fect /ɪnˈfekt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to give someone a disease: People with the virus may feel perfectly well, but they can still infect others.infect with the number of people infected with HIV2to make something contain something harmful that gives people a diseasebe infected with something Eggs known to be infected with salmonella were allowed to go on sale.GRAMMARInfect is usually passive in this meaning.3if a feeling or interest that you have infects other people, it makes them begin to feel the same way or have the same interest: Lucy’s enthusiasm soon infected the rest of the class.4if a virus infects your computer or disk, it changes or destroys the information in or on it
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[ɪnˈfekt]infected, infecting, infects
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infected[10225] infecting[627] infects[404]
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vt.感染，传染
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