读音

/ɪnˈfekt/

释义

• 动词:

1. 传染；感染（疾病）。例如: “The virus can infect computers through email attachments.”
2. 影响；毒害（思想、行为）。例如: “His negative attitude infected the whole team.”

短语

• “infect with” 意为使…受到感染或影响。例如: “The children were infected with a love for music.”
• “catch an infection” 意为染上疾病。例如: “Be careful not to catch an infection in the hospital.”

例句

• “The patient was warned that he could infect others if he didn’t wear a mask.”
• “Her optimism didn’t infect her coworkers, who remained skeptical about the project.”
• “He caught a cold and now he’s infecting everyone around him.”

同义词

• contaminate
• transmit
• spread
• communicate (a disease)
• taint (in a figurative sense)