Affect通常用作动词,指影响、使产生变化或假装去感受某件事。Effect通常用作名词,指结果/后果,也有模仿某物而弄出的特定外观/声音。当用作动词时,effect指引起。
1、词语词性不同
affect只能用作及物动词,不能用作名词; effect既可用作名词,也可用作动词。
2、词语侧重不同
affect的前缀-a表示“向上”,而effect的前缀-e表示“出来”。因此, affect侧重表示原因,即“影响”的动作;而effect侧重表示结果,即“造成”一种特殊效果。
3、后接宾语不同
affect的宾语是被影响的人,而effect则以“改进”“变化”等词作宾语。
Volcanoes can temporarily affect the atmosphere.
火山可以暂时性地影响大气。
He wanted to dream of the woman who was to be his wife, to think out lines for noble poems or make plans that would affect his career. Much to his surprise his mind refused to do anything of the sort.
他想要梦见曾经的未婚妻,想要回想起著名诗词、想要制定职业生涯规划。但他自己也很不解为什么自己的内心却很抗拒他想做的事情。
If you want to effect change in Washington, you have to vote.
如果你想在华盛顿实现变革,你必须投票。
Social life is imbued with affect. Every interaction with others can influence our emotional state, and affect in turn plays an important role in the way we form judgments and behave in strategic social situations.
社会生活到处都在互相影响。与他人的每次互动都会影响我们的情绪,从而影响到自我判断力和行为方式的形成
Despite differences in their effects on animals, a wide range of animal diseases have the potential to affect producers and consumers in some very similar ways.
尽管动物疾病对动物的影响各异,但都有可能以某种非常相似的方式影响生产者和消费者。