No. 72 in Chinese
感染
"感染" means "infection" or "to infect/be infected."
In a sentence
她的笑容感染了大家，每个人都感到很快乐。
Her smile was infectious to everyone, and everyone felt happy.
Here, '感染' is used metaphorically to mean 'infect' in the sense of emotionally affecting others.
医生采取了措施来防止病毒感染扩散。
The doctor took measures to prevent the spread of the virus infection.
In this sentence, '感染' is used in the literal sense referring to being infected by a virus or disease.
这篇文章的语言充满感染力，能够触动读者的内心。
The language in this article is full of infectiousness, capable of touching the readers' hearts.
Here, '感染' is used in a descriptive form (as '感染力') to denote the quality of influencing or moving others emotionally.
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