English Dictionary

affect

/əˈfɛkt/

verb

(transitive) To influence or alter. / (transitive) To move to emotion. / (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

The weather can affect your mood.

意味（1）

(transitive) To influence or alter.

The experience affected me deeply.

意味（2）

(transitive) To move to emotion.

He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

意味（3）

(transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

Hepatitis affects the liver.

意味（4）

(transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.

men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty

意味（5）

(transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.

The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.

意味（6）

(transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.

One of the domestics was affected to his special service.

意味（7）

(transitive, Scotland, law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.