affect / effect辨析

affect verb = ‘to have an influence on sb  / sth’ affect 动词 = 影响某人 ／某事

The food is for the areas affected by the flood.

食物是为受洪水影响的地区准备的。

Drugs affect health.

毒品影响健康。

It is not a noun. 该词不作名词。

effect noun = ‘result, influence’ effect 名词 = 作用；影响

effect verb is quite rare and formal and means ‘to achieve or produce’.

effect 作动词罕见且正式，意为实现、产生；指引发某事，强调产生的效果。They hope to effect a reconciliation.

他们希望实现和解。

The new manager effected great changes in the firm.

新经理使公司发生了巨大的变化。