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impressed

/verb im-pres; noun im-pres/US // verb ɪmˈprɛs; noun ˈɪm prɛs //

印象深刻,印象深刻的,令人印象深刻,印象深刻的是

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v.有主动词 verb
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    im·pressed or im·prest; im·pres·sing.

    • : to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man.
    • : to fix deeply or firmly on the mind or memory, as ideas or facts: to impress the importance of honesty on a child.
    • : to urge, as something to be remembered or done: She impressed the need for action on them.
    • : to press into or on something.
    • : to impose a particular characteristic or quality upon: The painter impressed his love of garish colors upon the landscape.
    • : to produce by pressure; stamp; imprint: The king impressed his seal on the melted wax.
    • : to apply with pressure, so as to leave a mark.
    • : to subject to or mark by pressure with something.
    • : to furnish with a mark, figure, etc., by or as if by stamping.
    • : Electricity. to produce or cause to appear or be produced on a conductor, circuit, etc.
v.无主动词 verb
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    im·pressed or im·prest; im·pres·sing.

    • : to create a favorable impression; draw attention to oneself: a child's behavior intended to impress.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act of impressing.
    • : a mark made by or as by pressure; stamp; imprint.
    • : a distinctive character or effect imparted: writings that bear the impress of a strong personality.

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Examples

  • I was more impressed when she nailed a few less flattering character traits.

  • He was so impressed by the socks that he invited me through my client to come and visit him.

  • Though this did nothing to help impart knowledge to his charges, some were impressed anyway by his command of the subject.

  • Catherine Lemay is impressed by neither the myth nor the reality when she arrives in Montana in the summer of 1956.

  • He recalled being instantly impressed with Masters the first time they met.

  • Impressed by the lugubrious scene, Aguinaldo yielded, and the next day peace negotiations were opened.

  • A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.

  • Few persons can attain to adult life without being profoundly impressed by the appalling inequalities of our human lot.

  • Janet's silence impressed Hilda: it was not merely strange--it was formidable: it affected the whole day.

  • Porter had impressed upon his men that to be captured by the Yankees meant certain death.