【affect音标】 英[əˈfekt] 美[əˈfekt]
【单词释义】 affect是什么意思：
vt.影响；假装；感动；(感情上)深深打动；（疾病）侵袭
n.感情，情感，心情；[精神病学]（表露或觉察到的）情绪反应
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] affects
[单词现在分词] affecting
[单词过去式] affected
[单词过去分词] affected
【关联词/派生词】
affection n.喜爱；感情
affective adj.情感的；表达感情的
affectionate adj.表示关爱的; 充满深情的
affected adj.感动的；受到影响的；假装的；做作的 v. 影响；打动；感动 (affect的过去式和过去分词)
affectation n.做作；假装；装模作样；矫揉造作
【affect形近词/近似词】
disinfect vt.给……杀菌，为……消毒；给（计算机）杀毒
effect n.[U]影响；效果
infect vt.使受影响；感染；传染
perfect adj.完美的；正确的 v.使完善；使完美
disaffect vt.使不满意；使疏远；使成为敌人
defect n.瑕疵，毛病；缺点，缺陷 vi.叛逃；背叛，叛变
【近义词解析】
◇ 影响
affect (v. 影响)：通常由物作主语，多产生消极作用。
effect (n.效应;影响;v.使发生;实现)：指对人 / 事产生的效应、影响、结果
impress (v. 给…留下深刻印象)：指给人留下很深的印象，从而受到影响和感动，比 affect 影响更深，时间更长。
influence (v./n. 影响)：通常指潜移默化地起作用。
【单词例句】
◇ So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all.
他们摆出两架织机来，装做是在工作的样子，可是他们的织机上什么东西也没有。
◇ For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ "Music has a very powerful impact on the brain. It affects mood, mental performance and physical performance," says Dr. Spelman in a media release. "Many people find that listening to certain types of instrumental music can help them with their productivity levels. The music can function as a sort of 'white noise', cancelling out potentially distracting ambient noise."
斯佩尔曼博士在媒体发布会上表示：“音乐对大脑有着非常强大的影响，它会影响情绪、心理表现和身体表现。许多人发现，听某些类型的器乐可以帮助他们提高工作效率，音乐可以起到某种白噪音的作用，抵消了环境噪音的潜在干扰。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ The other factor affecting how well a beverage hydrates relates to a drink's nutrient composition. For example, milk was found to be even more hydrating than plain water because it contains the sugar lactose, some protein and some fat, all of which help to slow the emptying of fluid from the stomach and keep hydration happening over a longer period of time.
另一个影响饮料补水功效的因素和饮料的营养成分有关。例如，研究人员发现，牛奶的补水功效甚至比白水更佳，因为牛奶含有乳糖、蛋白质和脂肪，这些成分都有助于减缓液体从胃里排空的速度，延长补水的功效。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ Of course, the researchers point out, they would like to know much more about how walking may affect other health parameters such as quality of life and memory and cognitive function. It's possible that walking a greater number of steps each day could influence these outcomes.
当然，研究人员指出，他们想知道更多关于步行如何影响其他健康参数的信息，如生活质量、记忆力和认知功能。每天走更多步可能会影响这些结果。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ "Our impact on the climate is tied up with population in lots of different ways — what resources people are using, how much industrial production is going on, how much energy is needed for heating, cooling and transportation," Amy Snover, director of the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group, said. "All of these things affect greenhouse gas emissions, so the more people we have and the more resources we use, the harder it will be to cope with the risks and impacts of climate change."
华盛顿大学气候影响小组主任艾米·斯诺弗说：“我们对气候的影响在很多方面都与人口息息相关。人们使用了什么资源，在进行多少工业生产，需要多少能源用于取暖、制冷和运输。所有这些都影响到温室气体的排放，所以人口越多，使用的资源越多，就越难以应对气候变化的风险和影响。”
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ Raisins, currants and sultanas affect different dogs in different ways and scientists can’t work out why.
葡萄干、醋栗和无核小葡萄干对不同狗狗的影响不同，科学家无法弄清其中原因。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ China will do more to support areas affected by extreme poverty, and the central budget's newly enlarged poverty reduction funds and related transfer payments will be weighted toward these areas.
中国将强化对深度贫困地区支持，中央财政新增扶贫投入及有关转移支付向深度贫困地区倾斜。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ They hang on because of their children, afraid that it might affect their up-bringing.
由于担心他们的离婚会给孩子的成长带来不良影响，这对老夫妇把离婚的事搁浅到现在。
---- Life Together
◇ By the mid-nineteenth century, the term"icebox"had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States.
直到19世纪中期，"冰箱"这个名词才进入了美国语言，但冰仅仅只是开始影响美国普通市民的饮食。