English Dictionary

infect

/ɪnˈfɛkt/

verb

(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.

The virus can infect humans easily.

意味（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.

意味（2）

(transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.

意味（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.

Guido, by way of diverting the embarrassment which seemed to infect them all, began to unfasten the packet of letters.