im·press
verb/ɪmˈpres/
/ɪmˈpres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they impress | /ɪmˈpres/ /ɪmˈpres/ |
| he / she / it impresses | /ɪmˈpresɪz/ /ɪmˈpresɪz/ |
| past simple impressed | /ɪmˈprest/ /ɪmˈprest/ |
| past participle impressed | /ɪmˈprest/ /ɪmˈprest/ |
| -ing form impressing | /ɪmˈpresɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpresɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] if a person or thing impresses you, you admire them or it
使赞叹；使钦佩；使留下深刻的好印象 - impress (somebody) We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.
我们面试了数名应聘者，但没有觉得哪一位特别出色。 - The Grand Canyon never fails to impress people.
大峡谷总是给人们留下深刻的印象。 - The Grand Canyon never fails to impress.
大峡谷永远令人叹为观止。 - His sincerity impressed her.
他的真诚打动了她。 - impress somebody with something He impressed her with his sincerity.
他的真诚打动了她。 - it impresses somebody that… It impressed me that she remembered my name.
她记得我的名字，令我很佩服。
Extra Examples- I was young and easily impressed.
当时我还年轻，很容易被打动。 - This game is his big chance to impress.
这场比赛是他给人留下深刻印象的绝佳机会。 - She impressed us with both the depth and range of her knowledge.
她精深而广博的知识给我们留下了深刻的印象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- be determined to
- be keen to
- hope to
- …
- with
- an attempt to impress somebody
- an effort to impress somebody
- be easily impressed
- …
- impress (somebody) We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.
- [transitive] impress something on/upon somebody (formal) to make somebody understand how important, serious, etc. something is by emphasizing it
使意识到（重要性或严肃性等） - He impressed on us the need for immediate action.
他让我们认识到立刻采取行动的必要。 - Their responsibilities are impressed on them during training.
他们在训练中深刻地感受到了他们的责任。
- He impressed on us the need for immediate action.
- [transitive] impress something/itself on/upon something (formal) to have a great effect on something, especially somebody’s mind, imagination, etc.
使铭记；给…留下深刻印象 - Her words impressed themselves on my memory.
她的话语我铭记在心里。
- Her words impressed themselves on my memory.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘apply with pressure’): from Old French empresser, from em- ‘in’ + presser ‘to press’, influenced by Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 18th cent.