infect

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

A single mosquito can infect a large number of people. 一只蚊子就能传染很多人。

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

2. infectionN-UNCOUNT 传染

...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. 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

For an instant I was infected by her fear. 一瞬间，我被她的恐惧所感染。

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]

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。