impress

verb

/ɪmˈpres/

动词形式

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使钦佩；使敬仰；给…留下深刻的好印象
- impress (somebody) We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.我们和数名申请人进行了面谈，但都没有给我们留下什么印象。
- The Grand Canyon never fails to impress people.大峡谷总是给人留下深刻印象。
- The Grand Canyon never fails to impress.大峡谷永远让人叹为观止。
- 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.令我佩服的是她记得我的名字。
see also impressed, impressive
- 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.这场比赛是他留下深刻印象的大好机会。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- really
verb + impress
- be determined to
- be keen to
- hope to
- …
preposition
- with
phrases
- an attempt to impress somebody
- an effort to impress somebody
- be easily impressed
- …
[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.他们的责任在训练中被铭记。
[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。

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, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 18th cent.