1 VERB 传染;侵染;感染 To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness. 传染;侵染;感染 [Also VERB n + with]
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A single mosquito can infect a large number of people. [VERB noun]
一只蚊子就可以感染很多人。
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...objects used by an infected person. [VERB-ed]
被感染者使用过的物品
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...people infected with HIV. [VERB-ed]
感染艾滋病病毒的人们
SYN contaminate, transmit disease to, spread disease to or among
2 VERB 污染 To infect a substance or area means to cause it to contain harmful germs or bacteria. 污染
SYN pollute, dirty, poison, foul
3 VERB 使受影响;感染 When people, places, or things are infected by a feeling or influence, it spreads to them. 使受影响;感染
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For an instant I was infected by her fear. [be VERB-ed + by]
有那么一会儿她的恐惧也传染给了我。
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He thought they might infect others with their bourgeois ideas. [VERB noun + with]
他认为他们可以用他们的资产阶级思想去影响别人。
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His urge for revenge would never infect her. [VERB noun]
他的强烈复仇渴望永远不会影响到她。
SYN affect, move, touch, influence
4 VERB 使(计算机)感染病毒 If a virus infects a computer, it affects the computer by damaging or destroying programs. 使(计算机)感染病毒 [computing]
| Word Partnership | Use infect with: |
| N. | bacteria infect, infect cells, infect people 1 2 viruses infect, infect with a virus 1 4 |
| PRON. | infect others 1 2 |
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