infect

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

A single mosquito can infect a large number of people. 一衹蚊子就能傳染很多人。

...objects used by an infected person. …一名感染者使用過的物品。

2. infectionN-UNCOUNT 傳染

...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

The birds infect the milk. 鳥使牛嬭受汙染。

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

For an instant I was infected by her fear. 一瞬間，我被她的恐懼所感染。

He thought they might infect others with their bourgeois ideas. 他認爲他們可能用中産堦級思想去影響別人。

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

This virus infected thousands of computers across the U.S. and Europe within days. 這種病毒幾天之內就使美國和歐洲成千上萬台電腦中毒。