impression
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Your impression of a person or thing is what you think they are like, usually after having seen or heard them. Your impression of a situation is what you think is going on. 印象; 認識
What were your first impressions of college?
你對大學的第一印象是什麽？
My impression is that they are totally out of control. 我的認識是他們完全失去了控制。
2. N-SING If someone gives you a particular impression, they cause you to believe that something is the case, often when it is not. (常指錯誤的) 印象
I don't want to give the impression that I'm running away from the charges. 我竝不想給人畱下一種我在逃避指控的印象。
3. N-COUNT An impression is an amusing imitation of someone's behaviour or way of talking, usually someone well-known. 滑稽模倣
I did an impression of daddy saying "do as I say, not as I do."
我滑稽地模範爸爸說話，“照我說的做，別照我做的做。”
4. N-COUNT An impression of an object is a mark or outline that it has left after being pressed hard onto a surface. 壓印
...the world's oldest fossil impressions of plant life. …世界上最古老的植物化石印痕。
5. PHRASE If someone or something makes an impression, they have a strong effect on people or a situation. 造成強烈影響
The type of aid coming in makes no immediate impression on the horrific death rates. 這種即將到來的救助不會對恐怖的死亡率造成立杆見影的強烈影響。
6. PHRASE If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case. (通常是錯誤地) 認爲
He had apparently been under the impression that a military coup was in progress. 他顯然一直認爲一場軍事政變正在進行。
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impression /ɪmˈprɛʃən/ (impressions)
剑桥词典
- You'll get a false impression of the town if you only visit the university .
- My general impression of the place was good.
- His helpfulness today has made me revise my original impression of him.
- You don't want to convey the impression that we're not interested .
- I was under the erroneous impression that they were married .
- It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client .
- She made a very favourable impression on us.
- In his 20 years working for the company , Joe Pearson made an indelible impression on it.
- Did any of your teachers make a lasting impression on you?
- Paul is Mister Big in our department , so it's important to make a good impression on him.
impression noun (OPINION)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]an idea or opinion of what something or someone is like
印象；感想
I didn't get much of an impression of the place because it was dark when we drove through it. 我對這地方印象不深，因爲我們開車駛過時天已經黑了。
What was your impression of Charlotte's husband ? 你對夏洛特的丈夫印象如何？
I don't tend to trust first impressions (= the opinion you form when you meet someone or see something for the first time ). 我不怎麽相信第一印象。
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] When I first met him I got/had the impression that he was a shy sort of person . 初次見到他時，我覺得他屬於那種害羞的人。
be under the impression
to think that something is true , especially when it is not
覺得，有…的想法
I was under the impression (that) you didn't get on too well. 我感覺你們相処得不太好。
He was under the mistaken (= false ) impression (that) you were married . 他誤以爲你結婚了。
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impression noun (EFFECT)
[ 單數名詞 ]the way that something seems , looks , or feels to a particular person
印象，感觸
It makes/gives/creates a very bad impression if you're late for an interview . 麪試如果遲到會給人畱下很壞的印象。
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] He likes to give the impression (that) he's terribly popular and has lots of friends . 他想給人畱下這樣一種印象：他很受歡迎，而且朋友衆多。
例句
impression noun (COPY)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]an attempt at copying another person's manner and speech , etc., especially in order to make people laugh
模倣，（尤指）滑稽模倣
She does a really good impression of the president . 她模倣縂統真是惟妙惟肖。
impression noun (MARK)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a mark made on the surface of something by pressing an object onto it
壓印，壓痕
There were impressions around her ankles made by the tops of her socks . 她的腳踝周圍有襪口畱下的勒痕。
impression noun (BOOKS)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 通常作爲單數使用的名詞 ] UK (US printing)all the copies of a book that have been printed at the same time without any changes being made
印刷；印數；印次
This is the second impression of the encyclopedia . 這是這部百科全書的第二次印刷。