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1 infect
transitive verb1) (contaminate) verseuchenthe wound became infected — die Wunde entzündete sich
3) (with enthusiasm etc.) anstecken* * *[in'fekt](to fill with germs that cause disease; to give a disease to: You must wash that cut on your knee in case it becomes infected; She had a bad cold last week and has infected the rest of the class.) infizieren- academic.ru/37946/infection">infection- infectious
- infectiously* * *in·fect[ɪnˈfekt]vt▪ to \infect sb/sth [with sth]hysteria about AIDS \infected the media die Aidshysterie griff auf die Medien übershe \infected everyone with her cheerfulness ihr Frohsinn war ansteckend* * *[ɪn'fekt]vt1) wound, blood infizieren; (lit) person anstecken, infizieren; water verseuchen, verunreinigen; meat verderbento be infected with or by an illness — sich mit einer Krankheit infiziert or angesteckt haben
his wound became infected — seine Wunde entzündete sich
this is likely to infect the rest of the economy — das breitet sich wahrscheinlich auf den Rest der Wirtschaft aus
2) (fig with enthusiasm etc) ansteckenfor a moment I was infected by her fear — für einen Augenblick ließ ich mich von ihrer Angst anstecken
* * *infect [ınˈfekt] v/twith mit;by durch):become infected sich infizieren oder anstecken;infected area verseuchtes Gebiet2. BOT befallen3. a) die Luft verpestenb) fig die Atmosphäre vergiftena) mitreißenb) (moralisch) verderben, (ungünstig) beeinflussen* * *transitive verb1) (contaminate) verseuchen3) (with enthusiasm etc.) anstecken* * *v.anstecken v.infizieren v. -
2 pass on
1. intransitive verb1) (proceed) fortfahren2. transitive verbweitergeben (to an + Akk.)* * *1) (to give to someone else (usually something which one has been given by a third person): I passed on his message.) weitergeben2) (to die: His mother passed on yesterday.) verscheiden* * *◆ pass onI. vi1. (proceed) fortfahren, weitermachenII. vt1. BIOL▪ to \pass on on ⇆ sth [to sb] etw [an jdn] weitergeben [o [weiter]vererben2. (forward)▪ to \pass on on ⇆ sth information, news etw weitergeben3. (infect)▪ to be \pass oned on clothes, traditions weitergegeben werden; fortune, jewellery [weiter]vererbt werden; stories überliefert werden5. (refer)to \pass on on ⇆ sb to a higher authority/a specialist jdn an eine höhere Stelle/einen Fachmann [o Spezialisten] verweisen▪ to \pass on on ⇆ sth to sb etw auf jdn umverteilen* * *1. vi1) (euph: die) entschlafen, verscheiden2) (= proceed) übergehen (to zu)right gentlemen, shall we pass on? — gut, meine Herren, wollen wir nun zum nächsten Punkt übergehen?
2. vt sep1) news, information weitergeben; disease übertragentake a leaflet and pass them on —
we passed the information on to the police — wir gaben die Informationen an die Polizei weiter
2) cost, savings weitergeben, weiterreichen* * *A v/t1. a) weiterleiten, -geben, -reichen (to dat oder an akk), befördernc) durch-, weitersagend) eine Krankheit etc übertragen, einen Erbfaktor etc weitergeben3. WIRTSCH Lohnerhöhungen etc abwälzen (to auf akk)B v/i1. weitergehen2. übergehen (to zu)* * *1. intransitive verb1) (proceed) fortfahren2. transitive verbweitergeben (to an + Akk.)* * *v.weiter reichen ausdr.weitersagen v.
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