| 单词 | under the impression |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder the impression 7. A notion, remembrance, or belief, impressed upon the mind; hence esp., a somewhat vague or indistinct notion remaining in the mind as a survival from more distinct knowledge. In modern use, often implying that the belief or idea is mistaken, esp. in under the impression. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] > a belief, dogma, tenet beliefc1225 doctrine1382 creance1393 credencea1535 dogma1534 tenenta1556 impression1613 teneta1620 receptary1646 dogmatism1664 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [noun] glimmeringc1380 glimpse1570 impression1613 sense1655 idea1712 conception1796 feeling1811 glimmer1837 a gleam (also glint, twinkle) in a person's eye1934 the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > image held in memory > [noun] fantasyc1340 imagea1393 idea1579 phantasm1594 impression1613 tablature1661 memory-image1882 the mind > mental capacity > belief > [adverb] dogmatically1608 believingly1631 doctrinally1633 under the impression1862 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 2 That there is a God;..This is a common notion, and impression, sealed up in the minde of every man. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation i. 1. 170 They seemed to have strip't themselves of those impressions of pity and compassion, which are natural to mankind. 1837 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) III. 130 I am of the impression it may be both safely and conveniently used. 1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 131 I believe that many of our merchants are seriously under the impression that it is possible for everybody, somehow, to make a profit in this manner. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 177 Generally, we are under an impression that a man's duties are public, and a woman's private. 1867 W. F. Hook Lives Archbps. V. xxi. 356 Under the impression that they had been specially assisted by the saint. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 64 That most fallacious of all evidence, a general impression, without a careful collection of facts. a1899 Mod. I have an impression that I have somewhere met with it before. But it is a mere impression, and I may easily be mistaken. < as lemmas |
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