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infect + [person/animal/plant] + with + [disease]
The virus infected several people with the flu.
这种病毒感染了好几个人得了流感。
使感染；传染
infected — past of infect
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使感染；传染
To cause a person, animal, or plant to contract a disease by introducing a pathogen, or (of a pathogen) to enter and affect a body.
The virus infected several people with the flu.
这种病毒感染了好几个人得了流感。
使身体或其部分接触导致疾病的物质(病原体),使病原体开始作用于身体；(病原体)接触身体或身体部位并开始作用
To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
用病原体污染物体或物质
To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
使某人对自己的热情感兴趣,或将一种感觉传达给他人,或一种感觉自发地传达给他人
To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
infect
Base
原形
infects
3rd person
第三人称单数
infecting
-ing
现在分词
infected
Past
过去式
infected
Past participle
过去分词
Bacteria infect wounds easily.
细菌容易感染伤口。
The virus infected many people last winter.
去年冬天，这种病毒感染了许多人。
He has infected his colleagues with his enthusiasm.
他用热情感染了同事。
规则动词
The virus can infect people through coughing.
病毒通过咳嗽可以传染给人们。
His laughter infected everyone in the room.
他的笑声感染了房间里的每个人。
Bad habits can infect good discipline.
坏习惯会腐蚀良好的纪律。
The virus infected several people with the flu.
这种病毒感染了好几个人得了流感。
用于比喻意义
Her enthusiasm infected the whole team with excitement.
她的热情感染了整个团队，让大家兴奋不已。
被动语态，强调状态
He was infected with a rare bacterial infection.
他感染了一种罕见的细菌。
指物质污染
The bacteria infected the entire water supply.
细菌污染了整个水源。
Not this
He infected the flu to me.
Use this
He infected me with the flu.
表达“传染疾病给某人”时，应使用“infect + 人 + with + 疾病”结构，而不是直接说“infect 疾病 to 人”。
Not this
I infected the virus.
Use this
I was infected with the virus.
描述自己感染病毒时，英语用被动语态“be infected with”，而不是主动语态，因为病毒是感染的来源，而非动作执行者。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
传染给，使感染
He infected his brother with the flu.
他把流感传染给了他的兄弟。
被感染
The wound became infected after a few days.
伤口几天后感染了。
传染他人
Stay home so you don't infect others.
待在家里以免传染他人。
感染电脑
The virus infected thousands of computers.
这个病毒感染了成千上万台电脑。
毒害思想
Bad ideas can infect the minds of the young.
坏思想会毒害年轻人的心灵。
所有人都被感染了。
The virus can infect anyone.
病毒可以感染任何人。
你已经被T病毒感染了。
The T-virus infects its host rapidly.
T病毒迅速感染宿主。
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联想“in”（在内）+“fect”（像“effect”效果），内部产生效果就是感染。
register: mixed; contexts: medical, figurative; note_zh: 'infect'在医学领域常用于描述疾病传播，比较正式；在比喻义中表示影响或污染，可用于日常或正式场合，因此视为混合语域。
These words all rhyme with 'infect' (stressed vowel /ɛ/ and coda /kt/). Be careful: 'inflict' looks similar but sounds different (/ɪnˈflɪkt/).
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