affectverb詞源 1/əˈfɛkt/

• 1

  To influence or alter.

  • The experience affected me deeply.
  • The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
• 2

  To move to emotion.

  • He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
  • A consideration of the rationale of our passions seems to me very necessary for all who would affect them upon solid and pure principles.
• 3

  medicinepathologysciencesOf an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

  • Hepatitis affects the liver.
• 4

  archaicTo dispose or incline.

  • men whom they thought best affected to religion and their country's liberty
• 5

  archaicTo tend to by affinity or disposition.

  • The drops of every fluid affect a round figure.
• 6

  archaicTo assign; to appoint.

  • One of the domestics was affected to his special service.
• 7

  To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.

• 8

  archaicTo feign or pretend.

  • The light above the door made it unconvincing to affect that no one was at home.

affectverb詞源 2/əˈfɛkt/

• 1

  To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.

  • to affect ignorance
  • to affect a British accent
• 2

  obsoleteTo aim for, to try to obtain.

  • Duke.[...] I loue the people, But doe not like to stage me to their eyes: Though it doe well, I doe not rellish well Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement: Nor doe I thinke the man of safe discretion That do's affect it.
  • For it is believed, that he never was married, affecting and embracing Chastity through the whole course of his Life.
• 3

  rareTo feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.

  • There is a Lady in Verona heere Whom I affect: but she is nice, and coy, And naught esteemes my aged eloquence.
  • From that day forth she gan to him affect, / And daily more her favour to augment […]
• 4

  obsoleteTo show a fondness for (something); to choose.

  • Amongst humane conditions this one is very common, that we are rather pleased with strange things then with our owne; we love changes, affect alterations, and like innovations.
  • Go, let him have a table by himself, for he does neither affect company, nor is he fit for’t, indeed.

affectnoun詞源 3/ˈæ.fɛkt/

• 1

  human-sciencespsychologysciencesA subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.

  • if we are afraid of robbers in a dream, the robbers are certainly imaginary, but the fear is real. This draws our attention to the fact that the development of affects [translating Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...].
  • A third study demonstrated that the effects of self-affirmation on self-regulated performance were not due to positive affect.
• 2

  obsoleteOne's mood or inclination; mental state.

• 3

  obsoleteA desire, an appetite.