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/əˈfektɪd/
Behaving in a way that is not real or natural, in order to seem special or important.
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You can picture someone putting on a performance of themselves — speaking, gesturing, or behaving in a way that isn't really how they are, all to seem more special, refined, or important than they truly are. 'Affected' is that air of a put-on, manner.
可以想成一個人正在「演自己」：講話的腔調、舉手投足、待人接物都不是他真實的樣子，而是刻意裝出來的，為了顯得比實際更高…更多收起
可以想成一個人正在「演自己」：講話的腔調、舉手投足、待人接物都不是他真實的樣子，而是刻意裝出來的，為了顯得比實際更高雅、更特別、更了不起。affected 描述的就是這種裝模作樣、不自然的做派——那種一看就覺得「太刻意」的味道。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
affectedadj/əˈfɛktɪd/
- 1
Influenced or changed by something.
- The affected products had to be recalled.
- 2
Simulated in order to impress.
- He spoke with an affected English accent.
- The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
- 3
Emotionally moved; touched.
- Jones […] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello. […] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
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archaicalgebramathematicssciencesadfected.
- an affected equation
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Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
affectednoun/əˈfɛktɪd/
- 1
Someone affected, as by a disease.
- Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds […]. Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds […].
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。