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affect vt.影响；感动；作用 (1) 利率如何影响债券的价格?(2) 她深深被那个悲伤的故事感动了。(3) 他的魅力对我不起作用. As a verb, affect can also mean “to feign an appearance,” as in, “Don’t let that surfer’s California accent fool you. Although she affects a convincing ‘Dude, that was rad,’ she is from Minnesota and just moved out West last month.” Don’t let that affect your friendship, though, she’s probably really fun.

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英 [ə'fekt] 美 [ə'fekt] (1) How does interest rate affect the price of bonds?(2) She was deeply affected by the sad story.(3) His charm doesn't affect or impress me. Affect is most often used as a verb meaning “to have an impact on,” as in “The tornado barreling towards us will affect our picnic plans.” 1[VERB 动词]影响；使改变 If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.   [V n]  [V-ed]Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries...尼古丁会对心脏及动脉功能造成损害。More than seven million people have been affected by drought.已有超过700万的民众受到旱灾的影响。...the worst-affected areas of Somalia.索马里受影响最为严重的地区2[VERB 动词]（疾病）侵袭，感染 If a disease affects someone, it causes them to become ill.   [V n]Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world.关节炎是一种会危害全人类健康的致残性疾病。3[VERB 动词]（感情上）打动，震动，使悲伤（或怜悯） If something or someone affects you, they make you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity.   [V n]The divorce affected Jim deeply...离婚对吉姆打击很大。Gregor loved his sister, and her loss clearly still affects him.格雷戈尔爱他的姐姐，她的去世显然仍令他悲伤不已。4[VERB 动词]假装；佯装；装出…的样子 If you affect a particular characteristic or way of behaving, you pretend that it is genuine, or natural for you.   [V n]  [Also V to-inf]  [LITERARY 文]He listened to them, affecting an amused interest...他装作饶有兴致地听他们说话。Ms. Redgrave affects a heavy Italian accent.雷德格雷夫女士假装带有浓重的意大利口音。Usage Note :Note that the noun that comes from affect is effect. You can say that something affects you, or that is has an effect on you. ...the effect that noise has on people in factories. You can also talk about the effect of something. ...the effect of the anaesthetic. Effect can also be a verb. If you effect something such as a change or a repair, you make it happen or do it. This is a fairly formal word. She had effected a few hasty repairs.注意，与affect相对应的名词是effect。可以说something affects you，也可以说it has an effect on you。例如：the effect that noise has on people in factories (噪音对工厂里的人们产生的影响）。谈论某事物的效果也可用 effect: the effect of the anaesthetic（麻醉药的作用）。effect也可用作动词，后接 change, repair 等词， 意为使发生或进行，该用法较为正式。例如：She had effected a few hasty repairs（她已经做了一些匆忙的修补）。

英语单词	affect
英美音标	英 [ə'fekt] 美 [ə'fekt]
中文释义	vt.影响；感动；作用
英语例句	(1) How does interest rate affect the price of bonds? (2) She was deeply affected by the sad story. (3) His charm doesn't affect or impress me.
中文例句	(1) 利率如何影响债券的价格? (2) 她深深被那个悲伤的故事感动了。 (3) 他的魅力对我不起作用.
vocabulary简明	Affect is most often used as a verb meaning “to have an impact on,” as in “The tornado barreling towards us will affect our picnic plans.”
vocabulary扩展	As a verb, affect can also mean “to feign an appearance,” as in, “Don’t let that surfer’s California accent fool you. Although she affects a convincing ‘Dude, that was rad,’ she is from Minnesota and just moved out West last month.” Don’t let that affect your friendship, though, she’s probably really fun.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]影响；使改变 If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. [V n] [V-ed] Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries... 尼古丁会对心脏及动脉功能造成损害。 More than seven million people have been affected by drought. 已有超过700万的民众受到旱灾的影响。 ...the worst-affected areas of Somalia. 索马里受影响最为严重的地区 2 [VERB 动词]（疾病）侵袭，感染 If a disease affects someone, it causes them to become ill. [V n] Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world. 关节炎是一种会危害全人类健康的致残性疾病。 3 [VERB 动词]（感情上）打动，震动，使悲伤（或怜悯） If something or someone affects you, they make you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity. [V n] The divorce affected Jim deeply... 离婚对吉姆打击很大。 Gregor loved his sister, and her loss clearly still affects him. 格雷戈尔爱他的姐姐，她的去世显然仍令他悲伤不已。 4 [VERB 动词]假装；佯装；装出…的样子 If you affect a particular characteristic or way of behaving, you pretend that it is genuine, or natural for you. [V n] [Also V to-inf] [LITERARY 文] He listened to them, affecting an amused interest... 他装作饶有兴致地听他们说话。 Ms. Redgrave affects a heavy Italian accent. 雷德格雷夫女士假装带有浓重的意大利口音。 Usage Note : Note that the noun that comes from affect is effect. You can say that something affects you, or that is has an effect on you. ...the effect that noise has on people in factories. You can also talk about the effect of something. ...the effect of the anaesthetic. Effect can also be a verb. If you effect something such as a change or a repair, you make it happen or do it. This is a fairly formal word. She had effected a few hasty repairs. 注意，与affect相对应的名词是effect。可以说something affects you，也可以说it has an effect on you。例如：the effect that noise has on people in factories (噪音对工厂里的人们产生的影响）。谈论某事物的效果也可用 effect: the effect of the anaesthetic（麻醉药的作用）。effect也可用作动词，后接 change, repair 等词，意为使发生或进行，该用法较为正式。例如：She had effected a few hasty repairs（她已经做了一些匆忙的修补）。

Affect Effect Verb 动词 [V N S People