Word · Frequency #6144
infects
使感染；传染
infects is the third person singular of infect.
核心释义
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.
- 1.
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.
- 2.
用病原体污染物体或物质
To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- 3.
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.
污染；使带菌；感染（情绪、热情等）；影响；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；用病原体污染物体或物质；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
用法In use
The virus can infect people through coughing.
用法提示：动词infect表示病原体侵入人体。
His laughter infected everyone in the room.
用法提示：动词infected表示情绪如疾病般传播。
Bad habits can infect good discipline.
用法提示：动词infect表示不良影响像病毒一样蔓延。
infect sb with sth
强调把病原体传给某人或某物，with 后接病原体。
The mosquito can infect humans with dengue fever.
这种蚊子能把登革热传染给人类。
be infected with sth
被动结构常用来说明人或身体部位已经受到感染，with 后接病原体。
Three patients were infected with the same bacteria.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- infect with
- 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。
- become infected
- 被感染
- The wound became infected after a few days.伤口几天后感染了。
- infect others
- 传染他人
- Stay home so you don't infect others.待在家里以免传染他人。
- infect a computer
- 感染电脑
- The virus infected thousands of computers.这个病毒感染了成千上万台电脑。
- infect the mind
- 毒害思想
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想“in”（在内）+“fect”（像“effect”效果），内部产生效果就是感染。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with 'infect' (stressed vowel /ɛ/ and coda /kt/). Be careful: 'inflict' looks similar but sounds different (/ɪnˈflɪkt/).
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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