infect /ɪnˈfɛkt/ CET4 TEM4 ( infecting, infected, infects )

• 1. 

  V-T To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness. 传染

  例：

  A single mosquito can infect a large number of people.

  一只蚊子就能传染很多人。

  例：

  ...objects used by an infected person.

  …一名感染者使用过的物品。

• 2. 

  infection N-UNCOUNT 传染

  例：

  ...plants that are resistant to infection.

  …抗感染的植物。

• 3. 

  V-T To infect a substance or area means to cause it to contain harmful germs or bacteria. 使感染有害菌

  例：

  The birds infect the milk.

  鸟使牛奶受污染。

• 4. 

  V-T When people, places, or things are infected by a feeling or influence, it spreads to them. 使受影响

  例：

  For an instant I was infected by her fear.

  一瞬间，我被她的恐惧所感染。

  例：

  He thought they might infect others with their bourgeois ideas.

  他认为他们可能用中产阶级思想去影响别人。

• 5. 

  V-T If a virus infects a computer, it damages or destroys files or programs. 使 (计算机) 中毒 [计算机]

  例：

  This virus infected thousands of computers across the U.S. and Europe within days.

  这种病毒几天之内就使美国和欧洲成千上万台电脑中毒。