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Infect with Meaning in English

expression

ˌɪnˈfɛkt/ /ˈwɪð/, /ˈwɪθ/, /wɪð/, /wɪθ
in-FEKT with
ɪnfˈɛkt/ /wˈɪð
in-FEKT with

释义

To cause someone or something to have a disease or condition by passing a harmful microorganism, like a virus or bacteria, to them.

用法与细微差别

Often used for diseases, usually followed by the illness (e.g., 'infect with the flu'). Formal or scientific in tone. Not typically used for computer viruses or figurative meaning (use 'infect' alone for those).

例句

Many people were infected with the flu last winter.

basic

He was infected with a serious virus.

basic

The plants were infected with bacteria.

basic

If you touch that, you might infect yourself with something nasty.

natural

Doctors warned people not to infect others with the disease.

natural

The whole team got infected with food poisoning after lunch.

natural