infect

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.

   anstecken, infizieren

   заража́тьzaražátʹ, зарази́тьzarazítʹ, инфици́роватьinficírovatʹ

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

   contaminate with a disease or microorganism

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.

   Her passion for dancing has infected me.

   anstecken, infizieren

   заража́тьzaražátʹ, зарази́тьzarazítʹ

4. (transitive)Of a computer virus: to insert its own code into (another executable file).

1. What happens if we get infected?

   ruЧто будет, если мы заразимся?

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2. Some infected people never even get sick.

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3. Tom's computer got infected by a virus.

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4. Many infected people don't even feel sick.

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5. I have an infected cut on my foot.

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