infect

verb · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

infects

V_ing/Gerund

infecting

V_ed/pp

infected

1.
(transitive)To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes.
2.
(transitive)To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
3.
(transitive)To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
Her passion for dancing has infected me.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, obsolete)Infected.
2.
(not comparable, rare)(rare, grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing an action not yet completed.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

leperto contaminate leper rare

Trái nghĩa

disinfect

Cùng gốc / liên quan

autoinfectcoinfectinfectabilityinfectableinfecteeinfectiveinfectorreinfectsuperinfectcamfectingnoninfectinguninfectinginfectioninfectibleinfectomeinfectious

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From frm infect, from la infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (dye, taint).