| 单词 | impress |
| 释义 | im·press I. transitive verb 1. a. < impress a signet ring on wax > < the fingerprint file … in which all 10 fingers are impressed on the card — FBI Bulletin > b. < a perfect spiral impressed on such a cylinder — S.F.Mason > : imprint < impress one's name on a metal strip by machine > < impress an odd design on the wood > c. < impressed the wax with his seal > : mark by or as if by pressure < impress his children with the right attitudes > 2. a. < impress an idea on the mind > < the general custom for boys to be whipped on certain days to impress things on their memories — T.B.Costain > < beliefs which have been impressed upon us in our childhood — Frank Thilby > : cause to have a strong effect (as of compulsion) < impressing his will upon others by sheer force of character — V.L.Parrington > b. < impress a friend with the sincerity of one's intentions > < impress one favorably > : arouse strong feeling (as concern, admiration, dislike) in < the altered manner of his son impressed him strangely — George Meredith > < the bigness of it awed them, the resources impressed them — Joseph Baily > c. < impress the poem with the cynicism of his outlook > 3. a. obsolete < impress the Bible > b. < impressed with a 2 cent stamp > 4. a. < impress a force upon a sail > b. < impress a motion upon a ball > c. intransitive verb < did not wish to make friends at parties but only to impress with his sense of personal destiny > < a small child acting up before company in an effort to impress > Synonyms: see affect II. 1. < sealing by the old-time process of impress — L.F.Middlebrook > 2. a. < noting the impress of wheels in lava — Richard Llewellyn > < a matrix in fairly durable metal to receive the impress of the punch — G.C.Sellery > b. < the most beautiful seal cuttings are shown on the impresses of the old Salem documents — L.F.Middlebrook > c. 3. < the picture bore the impress of the artist > : distinctive quality < his soft mind had … taken an impress from the society which surrounded him — T.B.Macaulay > < the impress of a fresh and vital intelligence is stamped unmistakably upon all that is best in his work — Lytton Strachey > 4. archaic 5. < his work has made a decided impress upon our time — W.R.Benét > : effect < words are but symbols and, like all symbols, have a varying impress — Philip Wittenberg > < made his strongest impress upon the country by his … two speeches — G.H.Haynes > < left an enduring impress on my life, although our relations were always impersonal — A.J.Liebling > III. 1. < in searching for British sailors upon our ships, she impressed our own — Owen Wister > 2. a. < all able-bodied survivors were impressed for the task of finding and caring for the injured — American Guide Series: Texas > b. < impressed him into a white coat for the Christmas festivities — Nancy Hale > IV. V. obsolete VI. archaic VII. < their shields broken, their impresses defaced — Edmund Burke > |
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