| 单词 | impressionistic |
| 释义 | impressionistic (once / 19095 pages) adj Something impressionistic is based on general ideas or reactions, rather than being rational and completely accurate. Your impressionistic opinions about a political candidate may have more to do with her personality and where she grew up than her official platform. Impressionistic things originate from a person's impressions — their personal feelings, opinions, or instincts. You can also use this adjective to describe the style of art, music, or writing called impressionism. In painting, this movement was characterized by a style that captured the feeling of a moment rather than being literally realistic. The painter Monet was the first to be called impressionistic, in 1874. WORD FAMILYimpressionistic: impressionistically+/impress: impressed, impresses, impressible, impressing, impression, impressive, impressment/impressed: unimpressed/impressible: impressibly/impression: impressionable, impressionistic, impressions/impressionable: unimpressionable/impressive: impressively, impressiveness, unimpressive/impressment: impressments/unimpressive: unimpressively USAGE EXAMPLESA metal ladder climbs the center of many of the impressionistic pictures, some of which are attached directly to the wall. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Largely impressionistic, the game deals with all the mixed-up, muddled thoughts of living through a tragedy. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) And for the view of earth from space and impressionistic views from space, Kaufman chose avant-garde San Francisco filmmaker Jordan Belson. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition she had impressionistic memories of her childhood 2adj relating to or characteristic of Impressionism Syn impressionist |
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