with obj.
1
- make (someone) feel admiration and respect使（人）赞赏尊敬; 给（人）好的印象：
they immediately impressed the judges
他们立刻给了法官好的印象
no obj. he has to put on an act to impress.他得装腔作势获取好印象。
2
- make a mark or design on (an object) using a stamp or seal在…上盖印; 在…上盖章：
the Railway Company should impress the cards with a stamp.
铁路公司应在卡片上盖章。
2.1
- apply (a mark) to something with pressure印, 压（印）：
a revenue stamp was embossed or impressed on the instrument.
印花税票被凹凸印或压印在文书上。
2.2
- figurative (impress something on) fix an idea in the mind of (someone)〈喻〉使（某人）有想法：
nobody impressed on me the need to save.
没有人让我有需要存钱的想法。
3
- apply (an electric current or potential) from an external source外加（电流, 电势）。
in sing.
1- an act of making an impression or mark压：
bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers.
他手指压过留下发蓝的印记。
1.1
- a mark made by a seal or stamp印记。
1.2
- figurative the characteristic mark or quality of a person or attribute〈喻〉特征, 特质：
his desire to put his own impress on the films he made.
他想在自己制作电影中留下个人印记的愿望。
派生词
impressible
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'apply with pressure'）： from Old French empresser, from em- 'in' + presser 'to press'， influenced by Latin imprimere （see IMPRINT）. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.