impression

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(rèn)識(shí)

What were your first impressions of college?

你對(duì)大學(xué)的第一印象是什麼？

My impression is that they are totally out of control. 我的認(rèn)識(shí)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(cuò)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(fàn)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(qiáng)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(huì)對(duì)恐怖的死亡率造成立桿見影的強(qiáng)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(cuò)誤地) 認(rèn)爲(wèi)

He had apparently been under the impression that a military coup was in progress. 他顯然一直認(rèn)爲(wèi)一場軍事政變正在進(jìn)行。