399 – Affect, Effect & Impact

Affect as a Verb: 影响、打动

-The weather might affect one’s mood.

天气可能影响一个人的心情。

-The temperature affects the growth rateof the bacterial sample.

温度影响细菌样本的生长速度。

-Heavy rainfall affects plants growth.

强降雨影响植物生长。

-The highway has been affected by theflood.

公路受到水灾的影响。

-I was deeply affected by the movie.

这部电影深深地打动了我。

2. Effect 

- Effect as a Verb: to bring out, toproduce, to accomplish something 实现、引起

-The speaker wanted to effect a change inthe system.

发言人希望实现一个制度的变化。

- Effect as a Noun: 影响、效果

-Most people these days understand theserious effects of smoking.

现在大多数人都明白吸烟的严重影响。

-The pollution in the city had a badeffect on me.

城市的污染对我有很坏的影响。

- The accident had a profound effect on me.

这次事故对我产生了深远的影响。

3. Impact:

- Impact as a Verb: 冲击

- Even a slight increase in the interestrate will impact the economy significantly.

即使利率稍有提高，也会严重对冲击经济。

- Impact as a Noun: 冲击

-Even a slight increase in the interestrate will have a significant impact on the economy.

即使利率稍有提高，也会对经济产生重大冲击。

-The book had a huge impact when it first cameout.

这本书刚出版时产生了巨大的冲击。

-The decision will have a disastrousimpact on foreign policy.