affect

Значение

Verb

1. To influence or alter.
2. To move to emotion.
3. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
4. To dispose or incline.
5. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
6. To assign; to appoint.
7. To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.

Noun

1. A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
2. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
3. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.

Пишется через дефис как

af‧fect

Произносится как (IPA)

/əˈfɛkt/

Этимология

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”).

Предложения

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .

Если он совершает ошибку покупки, это не сильно влияет на него.