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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 754 COCA: 963

affect
affect /əˈfɛkt/ verb
affects; affected; affecting
affect
/əˈfɛkt/
verb
affects; affected; affecting
Learner's definition of AFFECT
[+ object]
1 
: to produce an effect on (someone or something)影響: such as
a  : to act on (someone or something) and cause a change對…有影響；引起變化
b  : to cause strong emotions in (someone)（在感情上）深深打動；震撼
c  : to cause a change in (a part of the body)（疾病）侵襲
d  : to cause illness in (someone)（使人）染病
Usage用法Do not confuse the verbs affect and effect.不要混淆affect和effect。Affect means to act on or change someone or something.*Affect意爲影響或改變某人或某事。
Effect means to cause something to happen.*Effect意爲促使某事發生。
Note that the verb affect and the noun effect are used in contexts that are similar.注意：動詞affect和名詞effect用於相似語境中。
2 
formal : to pretend that a false behavior or feeling is natural or genuine裝作；假裝
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 754 COCA: 963

affect

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verb (1)

af·​fect ə-ˈfekt How to pronounce affect (audio)
a-
affected; affecting; affects

transitive verb

: to produce an effect upon (someone or something):
a
: to act on and cause a change in (someone or something)
Rainfall affects plant growth.
areas to be affected by highway construction
The protein plays a central role in metabolism … which in turn affects the rate of aging. Stephen S. Hall
The 1883 eruption of Krakatau in what is now Indonesia affected global sunsets for years … Evelyn Browning Garriss
Before the 1980s it was not at all clear how nicotine affected the brain. Cynthia Kuhn et al.
b
: to cause illness, symptoms, etc., in (someone or something)
a disease that affects millions of patients each year
… the syndrome can affect the pancreas, which produces insulin … H. Lee Kagan
c
: to produce an emotional response in (someone)
an experience that affected him powerfully
… she traveled to Cuba and was deeply affected by what she saw. Elsa Dixler
d
: to influence (someone or something)
trying not to let emotions affect their decision
affectability
ə-ˌfek-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce affect (audio)
a-
noun
affectable
ə-ˈfek-tə-bəl How to pronounce affect (audio)
a-
adjective

affect

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verb (2)

af·​fect ə-ˈfekt How to pronounce affect (audio)
a-
affected; affecting; affects

transitive verb

1
: to put on a false appearance of (something) : to pretend to feel, have, or do (something) : feign
affect indifference
affect surprise
He affected a French accent.
… Fermi often affected an aversion to abstract mathematics. Ed Barbeau
But he affected not to hear … Edith Wharton
2
a
: to often or usually wear or have (something)
affect brightly colored clothing
Chang affected the beard and long robe of an ancient scholar … Constance A. Bond
: to be given to (a preferred style of dress, speech, etc.)
affect a precise way of speaking
b
: to make a display of liking or using (something) : to ostentatiously cultivate or claim (a quality, attitude, etc.)
affect a worldly manner
It was the habit of the moment at Oxford to affect irreverence. T. B. Costain
3
archaic : to have affection for : to feel love or tender attachment for (someone or something)
As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved her. Thomas Fuller
I affected Georgette; she was a sensitive and a loving child: to hold her in my lap, or carry her in my arms, was to me a treat. Charlotte Bronte
4
archaic : to tend to have (a specified characteristic or quality)
… the drops of every fluid affect a round figure by the mutual attraction of their parts … Sir Isaac Newton
5
archaic : to often or usually spend time at (a place) or with (a person or group) : frequent
… what birds affect that particular brake … Thomas Hardy
Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great. William Hazlitt
6
archaic : to aspire to : to try to attain (something, such as power)
… this proud man affects imperial sway. John Dryden

affect

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noun

af·​fect ˈa-ˌfekt How to pronounce affect (audio)
plural affects
1
[German Affekt, borrowed from Latin affectus] psychology
a
: a set of observable manifestations of an experienced emotion : the facial expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc., that typically accompany an emotion
Evidence from several clinical groups indicates that reduced accuracy in decoding facial affect is associated with impaired social competence. Suzane Vassallo et al.
… patients … showed perfectly normal reactions and affects … Oliver Sacks
Other victims of schizophrenia sometimes lapse into flat affect, a zombielike state of apparent apathy. David G. Myers
b
: the conscious emotion that occurs in reaction to a thought or experience
Positive affect encompasses all good emotions, such as joy, bliss, love, and contentment. Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman
Killing and meaningless mass murder without affect, as the psychologists say, … have become too frequent occurrences in contemporary life. Barbara W. Tuchman
2
obsolete : feeling, affection
For every man with his affects is born, / Not by might mast'red, but by special grace. William Shakespeare
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 754 COCA: 963
affect

verb¹

 1influence影響ADVERB | VERB + AFFECT ADVERB➤dramatically, greatly, materially, radically, significantly極大地／大大地／實質性／根本地／顯著地影響➤positively積極地影響▸➤barely, hardly, not unduly幾乎沒有影響；並未過分地影響◇Sales did not seem unduly affected.銷售似乎並未受到過分的影響。➤slightly稍有影響▸➤clearly明顯地影響▸➤directly, indirectly直接地／間接地影響➤disproportionately不均衡地影響▸➤adversely, badly, negatively, seriously, severely不利地影響；消極地影響；嚴重地影響VERB + AFFECT➤be likely to很可能影響◇developments that are likely to affect the environment很有可能影響環境的發展
affect

verb²

 2make sb sad/angry使傷心；使生氣ADVERB➤deeply, profoundly使（某人）極度傷心◇Her death affected him deeply.她的死令他悲痛欲絕。

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