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单词 influence
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Definition of influence in English:

influence

noun ˈɪnflʊənsˈɪnflʊəns
  • 1mass noun The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

    the influence of television violence
    I was still under the influence of my parents
    count noun their friends are having a bad influence on them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, he was little read outside Italy prior to the war and his influence on the development of air power theory was limited.
    • In the present context, letter visibility and its influence on reading behaviour might play a role.
    • How many people here have been told that they have have had a profound effect and influence on their friends' lives?
    • Such developments had enormous influence on subsequent generations of artists.
    • Audience participation and influence over media content development is still exceedingly limited.
    • The true and abiding interest of the battle is derived from is moral effect, from its influence on the people of the Netherlands.
    • The family is an extremely important environmental influence on personality development.
    • We do not know the relative contributions of heritability and environmental influence on abusive behaviours.
    • The second main viticultural role widely attributed to the monks was their influence on the development of vineyards in the Americas.
    • It is safe to say that no other fictional character had as much influence on the American freedom struggle as Miss Jane Pittman.
    • Payment methods should be assessed in light of their influence on the behaviours of providers and patients.
    • This concept of group norm may capture a more accurate reflection of the effects of social influence on behaviour.
    • But it hasn't yet had enough influence on mainstream developers to alter the direction of urban growth.
    • So talmudic law in turn exercised great influence on the development of the common law from the eleventh century.
    • Self-esteem is the single biggest influence on your behaviour.
    • Despite public spending on culture, the art market remained an important condition for and influence on cultural development.
    • Another important influence over the development of parents' groups has been the media.
    • Bach remained, however, arguably the most important influence on his musical development.
    • However, the study had little influence on space program development.
    • Rather than having any direct influence on the outcome of the strike it had an impact on the political struggle.
    Synonyms
    effect, impact
    control, sway, hold, power, authority, ascendancy, mastery, domination, supremacy, leadership
    guidance, direction, pressure
    1. 1.1 The power to shape policy or ensure favourable treatment from someone, especially through status, contacts, or wealth.
      the institute has considerable influence with teachers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As we saw earlier, all these declarations may have had some influence on the further development of regional treaties and regimes.
      • She has now attained a position of influence and status, with the means to carry out her plans of revenge.
      • Nonetheless, these offstage characters still exert significant influence over their families.
      • A group of people wanting to know who has had the greatest influence on the development or fame of the town is asking just that.
      • Although your personnel director may wield considerable power and influence, s/he may not know you very well.
      • It is common knowledge that Filipino women exercise considerable power and influence.
      • The loss of high office is as much as we could hope for because it doesn't appear to be a criminal offence to use undue ministerial influence to get favoured treatment for your friends.
      • In spite of all his wealth, power and influence, he cannot avert his own downfall.
      • They say that their party membership has no effect or influence on the way they work in Council.
      • As gender biases fade, women in positions of power, influence, and responsibility will enjoy greater acceptance.
      • However agents should not develop too much influence over what players are coming under the manager's radar.
      • They are right that companies have great influence over politicians and that corporate behaviour needs limits and controls.
      • Local interests did not need formal representation to exert effective influence over officials.
      • You will increase your influence and prestige through contact with politicians.
      • In doing so he demonstrated both the power of his influence and his status as one of Lien Chan's most senior advisers.
      • Gold might bring power, wealth and influence, but it has wrecked as many lives as it has made.
      • This is because people involved in corruption include those with higher status, political influence and economic power.
      • Our fallen human instincts seek power, wealth, status, and influence.
      • It has been a bad week for those of us who believe that people in positions of power and influence are governed by the same standards of decency and integrity with which we conduct our own lives.
      • And, Ben, she came to this position of enormous influence and power by accident.
      Synonyms
      power, authority, sway, leverage, weight, standing, prestige, stature, rank, ranking, position, social position, station, connections, contacts
      informal clout, pull, muscle, teeth
      North American informal drag
    2. 1.2count noun A person or thing with the capacity to have an influence on someone or something.
      Fiona was a good influence on her
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That difficult experience had a life-long influence on the children and became a source of motivation for him.
      • French architecture also had a strong influence on other countries, the Netherlands, for example.
      • The last minute change might cause additional uncertainty, that might have an influence on the number of people attending.
      • So I've learned from them, and I think I've probably been an influence on them.
      • Charges located further in the pore interior have a greater influence on selectivity.
      • When prey are attacked by predators, escape ability has an obvious influence on the probability of survival.
      • And volcanism probably had a significant influence on sea level before 1850.
      • The streams and rivers that have such an influence on our lives are likewise affected by all our actions.
      • The annual cycle of hurricanes is probably a major influence on the natural distribution of this species.
      • It is obvious that a lack of funds can seriously affect a school's performance and have an adverse influence on the life chances of its pupils.
      • Even though he was probably a bad influence on me, he was fun to be around.
      • Bradman did not have an inspiring influence on those who played under him.
      • Your writing style is actually inspiring and has had an influence on my own.
      • This story had a formative influence on me and caused me to fret about the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry.
      • I think he will probably have an influence on things but he's got to get into the Warrington methods and the English game first.
      • Don't forget your height, build, fishing style, types of lures and experience has an influence on rod selection.
      • These four men exercised a powerful influence on Dürer and determined to some degree his artistic career.
      • It allows us to claim that the reason had an influence on the production of the decision, while not causing it.
      • Second, the process of adoption is affected by influences both external and internal to the system.
      • Watching Pete bowl was exciting and probably had an influence on my game.
      Synonyms
      example to/for, exemplar for, role model for, model for, guide for, inspiration to
  • 2Physics
    archaic Electrical or magnetic induction.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Under the influence of an electric field, the particles adhere to the panel, allowing them to stay there when the current is removed.
    • Thanks to the refraction of the magnetic field-characteristics, under the influence of the magnetic inductivity with a larger tangential component, the flipping of the flip plates becomes stable.
    • The influence of magnetic substrate on the flux distribution in superconductor films may be modeled.
    • When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism.
verb ˈɪnflʊənsˈɪnflʊəns
[with object]
  • Have an influence on.

    government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and motivations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The deformation of large masses of rock and soil is heavily influenced by the structure of the mass.
    • This sector plays a central role by influencing the public, who willingly buy into its propaganda.
    • I am not going to give you a list of suggestions, because I would like you all just to go for it without influencing your choice.
    • Long after the president might have been forgotten, his appointees would be influencing American law.
    • Given all the negative factors influencing my purchase decision, I still want to have my own car.
    • Ring tones are getting significant in influencing mobile phone purchase decisions.
    • On the southern slopes of the mountain the climate is heavily influenced by the sea.
    • She admits her efforts are probably influencing few opinions in the US.
    • It was really cool back then because you could see that we were influencing people and they were influencing us.
    • They should neither be swayed by politics nor influenced by what happens on television.
    • My latest academic upload is about the idea of social deference as a factor influencing vote.
    • Clearly these were heavily influenced by Chinese ceramics emanating from the east.
    • Members of social movements use graffiti as a way of influencing the political reality of the public.
    • It was a bizarre build up to the goal as again the weather heavily influenced the play.
    • We are beginning to get a picture now that social research is influenced by a variety of factors.
    • I do the best I can, but I'm not that good at making friends and influencing people.
    • The number of remote users and sites heavily influenced the level of infection.
    • It's as wide as the world is round and you have to be influenced by what you see of these people.
    • This can be very heavily influenced by the management style of the senior people.
    • So sometimes he speaks one language and then another, depending on which group is influencing him.
    Synonyms
    affect, have an effect on, exert influence on
    determine, guide, control, form, shape, govern, decide, regulate
    change, alter, modify, transform, impact on
    sway, bias, affect, prejudice, colour, predispose, suborn
    bring pressure to bear on, pressurize, coerce, lean on
    informal pull strings with, twist someone's arm
    British informal nobble
    persuade, convince, talk round, talk into, win over, bring round, sway, coax, induce, inveigle, impel, incite, entice, tempt, lure, cajole, manipulate, prompt
    coerce, dragoon, intimidate, browbeat, brainwash

Phrases

  • under the influence

    • informal Affected by alcoholic drink or drugs.

      he was charged with driving under the influence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Bosses could soon be using a quick new eye test to tell if workers are under the influence of drugs or drink.
      • Three more motorists caught driving under the influence of drink or drugs have lost their licences.
      • Almost half of all murders in Scotland are committed by people under the influence of drugs or drink.
      • Death by careless driving while under the influence of drink should carry a manslaughter charge?
      • He concluded the crash was caused by Paul driving too fast while under the influence of drink and drugs.
      • Memory of detail does deteriorate with time especially if the person was under the influence of drink or drugs.
      • If the woman had been under the influence of drink or drugs at the time of sex, then doubt could be cast upon her ability to give consent.
      • He was under the influence of drugs and drink when he wandered out to see what was going on and was caught on camera throwing a stone.
      • She spoke of her mother becoming aggressive when under the influence of drink.
      • It has also emerged that the problem of driving while under the influence of drugs is as acute as ever.
      Synonyms
      intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Derivatives

  • influenceable

  • adjective
    • But it's partially influenceable - and potentially very influenceable - by the general population.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It seems people really are that gullible - so if you plan on selling to gullible, easily influenceable people, then perhaps this tactic is for you.
      • In contrast to inductive or conductive heating, in this method the heat is not produced in the workplace but rather transferred by freely influenceable radiation or convection.
      • Every once in a while there are certain companies that capture the minds of easy influenceable teens and create a kind of faction following.
      • The standards for drawing outcomes models used in Systematic Outcomes Analysis allow any influenceable outcome to be included in an outcomes model.
  • influencer

  • noun ˈɪnflʊənsəˈɪnflʊənsər
    • 1A person or thing that influences another.

      he was a champion of the arts and a huge influencer of taste
      1. 1.1Marketing A person with the ability to influence potential buyers of a product or service by promoting or recommending the items on social media.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • genetic factors are key influencers of your metabolic rate
      • Frank's been a teacher and cultural influencer for years
      • People who have strong and well-informed opinions command respect and become influencers; they win deals, drive decisions, and ultimately determine the fate of companies.
      • But one of our jobs as the influencers, as people who move opinions vis-a-vis talk radio, is to say to people, look, the propensity here is to get discouraged and say it's all corruption.
      • We aim to build on our excellent reputation as a can-do city and appeal to key influencers, senior business managers and their corporate guests.
      • influencers can add serious credibility to your brand

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin influentia 'inflow', from Latin influere, from in- 'into' + fluere 'to flow'. The word originally had the general sense 'an influx, flowing matter', also specifically (in astrology) 'the flowing in of ethereal fluid (affecting human destiny)'. The sense 'imperceptible or indirect action exerted to cause changes' was established in Scholastic Latin by the 13th century, but not recorded in English until the late 16th century.

 
 

Definition of influence in US English:

influence

nounˈɪnflʊənsˈinflo͝oəns
  • 1The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.

    the influence of television violence
    I was still under the influence of my parents
    their friends are having a bad influence on them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is safe to say that no other fictional character had as much influence on the American freedom struggle as Miss Jane Pittman.
    • Audience participation and influence over media content development is still exceedingly limited.
    • Rather than having any direct influence on the outcome of the strike it had an impact on the political struggle.
    • In fact, he was little read outside Italy prior to the war and his influence on the development of air power theory was limited.
    • This concept of group norm may capture a more accurate reflection of the effects of social influence on behaviour.
    • The second main viticultural role widely attributed to the monks was their influence on the development of vineyards in the Americas.
    • Self-esteem is the single biggest influence on your behaviour.
    • But it hasn't yet had enough influence on mainstream developers to alter the direction of urban growth.
    • So talmudic law in turn exercised great influence on the development of the common law from the eleventh century.
    • How many people here have been told that they have have had a profound effect and influence on their friends' lives?
    • We do not know the relative contributions of heritability and environmental influence on abusive behaviours.
    • The true and abiding interest of the battle is derived from is moral effect, from its influence on the people of the Netherlands.
    • Despite public spending on culture, the art market remained an important condition for and influence on cultural development.
    • The family is an extremely important environmental influence on personality development.
    • Such developments had enormous influence on subsequent generations of artists.
    • Payment methods should be assessed in light of their influence on the behaviours of providers and patients.
    • In the present context, letter visibility and its influence on reading behaviour might play a role.
    • However, the study had little influence on space program development.
    • Another important influence over the development of parents' groups has been the media.
    • Bach remained, however, arguably the most important influence on his musical development.
    Synonyms
    effect, impact
    1. 1.1 The power to shape policy or ensure favorable treatment from someone, especially through status, contacts, or wealth.
      the institute has considerable influence with teachers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is common knowledge that Filipino women exercise considerable power and influence.
      • As we saw earlier, all these declarations may have had some influence on the further development of regional treaties and regimes.
      • Nonetheless, these offstage characters still exert significant influence over their families.
      • This is because people involved in corruption include those with higher status, political influence and economic power.
      • They say that their party membership has no effect or influence on the way they work in Council.
      • In doing so he demonstrated both the power of his influence and his status as one of Lien Chan's most senior advisers.
      • As gender biases fade, women in positions of power, influence, and responsibility will enjoy greater acceptance.
      • It has been a bad week for those of us who believe that people in positions of power and influence are governed by the same standards of decency and integrity with which we conduct our own lives.
      • Although your personnel director may wield considerable power and influence, s/he may not know you very well.
      • And, Ben, she came to this position of enormous influence and power by accident.
      • Local interests did not need formal representation to exert effective influence over officials.
      • In spite of all his wealth, power and influence, he cannot avert his own downfall.
      • However agents should not develop too much influence over what players are coming under the manager's radar.
      • They are right that companies have great influence over politicians and that corporate behaviour needs limits and controls.
      • Our fallen human instincts seek power, wealth, status, and influence.
      • You will increase your influence and prestige through contact with politicians.
      • Gold might bring power, wealth and influence, but it has wrecked as many lives as it has made.
      • She has now attained a position of influence and status, with the means to carry out her plans of revenge.
      • A group of people wanting to know who has had the greatest influence on the development or fame of the town is asking just that.
      • The loss of high office is as much as we could hope for because it doesn't appear to be a criminal offence to use undue ministerial influence to get favoured treatment for your friends.
      Synonyms
      power, authority, sway, leverage, weight, standing, prestige, stature, rank, ranking, position, social position, station, connections, contacts
    2. 1.2 A person or thing with the capacity or power to have an effect on someone or something.
      Frank was a good influence on her
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It allows us to claim that the reason had an influence on the production of the decision, while not causing it.
      • I think he will probably have an influence on things but he's got to get into the Warrington methods and the English game first.
      • When prey are attacked by predators, escape ability has an obvious influence on the probability of survival.
      • This story had a formative influence on me and caused me to fret about the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry.
      • The annual cycle of hurricanes is probably a major influence on the natural distribution of this species.
      • And volcanism probably had a significant influence on sea level before 1850.
      • So I've learned from them, and I think I've probably been an influence on them.
      • French architecture also had a strong influence on other countries, the Netherlands, for example.
      • Your writing style is actually inspiring and has had an influence on my own.
      • The streams and rivers that have such an influence on our lives are likewise affected by all our actions.
      • That difficult experience had a life-long influence on the children and became a source of motivation for him.
      • Even though he was probably a bad influence on me, he was fun to be around.
      • The last minute change might cause additional uncertainty, that might have an influence on the number of people attending.
      • Bradman did not have an inspiring influence on those who played under him.
      • Second, the process of adoption is affected by influences both external and internal to the system.
      • Watching Pete bowl was exciting and probably had an influence on my game.
      • Charges located further in the pore interior have a greater influence on selectivity.
      • It is obvious that a lack of funds can seriously affect a school's performance and have an adverse influence on the life chances of its pupils.
      • Don't forget your height, build, fishing style, types of lures and experience has an influence on rod selection.
      • These four men exercised a powerful influence on Dürer and determined to some degree his artistic career.
      Synonyms
      example for, example to, exemplar for, role model for, model for, guide for, inspiration to
    3. 1.3Physics archaic Electrical or magnetic induction.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Under the influence of an electric field, the particles adhere to the panel, allowing them to stay there when the current is removed.
      • Thanks to the refraction of the magnetic field-characteristics, under the influence of the magnetic inductivity with a larger tangential component, the flipping of the flip plates becomes stable.
      • When the twentieth century began we knew of only two types of natural force: gravitation and the intertwined influence of electricity and magnetism.
      • The influence of magnetic substrate on the flux distribution in superconductor films may be modeled.
verbˈɪnflʊənsˈinflo͝oəns
[with object]
  • Have an influence on.

    government regulations can influence behavior, but often without changing underlying values and motivations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Long after the president might have been forgotten, his appointees would be influencing American law.
    • Given all the negative factors influencing my purchase decision, I still want to have my own car.
    • It was really cool back then because you could see that we were influencing people and they were influencing us.
    • Ring tones are getting significant in influencing mobile phone purchase decisions.
    • On the southern slopes of the mountain the climate is heavily influenced by the sea.
    • My latest academic upload is about the idea of social deference as a factor influencing vote.
    • They should neither be swayed by politics nor influenced by what happens on television.
    • This sector plays a central role by influencing the public, who willingly buy into its propaganda.
    • She admits her efforts are probably influencing few opinions in the US.
    • I am not going to give you a list of suggestions, because I would like you all just to go for it without influencing your choice.
    • We are beginning to get a picture now that social research is influenced by a variety of factors.
    • This can be very heavily influenced by the management style of the senior people.
    • I do the best I can, but I'm not that good at making friends and influencing people.
    • Members of social movements use graffiti as a way of influencing the political reality of the public.
    • So sometimes he speaks one language and then another, depending on which group is influencing him.
    • The number of remote users and sites heavily influenced the level of infection.
    • It's as wide as the world is round and you have to be influenced by what you see of these people.
    • The deformation of large masses of rock and soil is heavily influenced by the structure of the mass.
    • It was a bizarre build up to the goal as again the weather heavily influenced the play.
    • Clearly these were heavily influenced by Chinese ceramics emanating from the east.
    Synonyms
    affect, have an effect on, exert influence on
    sway, bias, affect, prejudice, colour, predispose, suborn
    persuade, convince, talk round, talk into, win over, bring round, sway, coax, induce, inveigle, impel, incite, entice, tempt, lure, cajole, manipulate, prompt

Phrases

  • under the influence

    • informal Affected by alcoholic drink; drunk.

      he was charged with driving under the influence
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If the woman had been under the influence of drink or drugs at the time of sex, then doubt could be cast upon her ability to give consent.
      • It has also emerged that the problem of driving while under the influence of drugs is as acute as ever.
      • Memory of detail does deteriorate with time especially if the person was under the influence of drink or drugs.
      • He concluded the crash was caused by Paul driving too fast while under the influence of drink and drugs.
      • He was under the influence of drugs and drink when he wandered out to see what was going on and was caught on camera throwing a stone.
      • Death by careless driving while under the influence of drink should carry a manslaughter charge?
      • Bosses could soon be using a quick new eye test to tell if workers are under the influence of drugs or drink.
      • Three more motorists caught driving under the influence of drink or drugs have lost their licences.
      • Almost half of all murders in Scotland are committed by people under the influence of drugs or drink.
      • She spoke of her mother becoming aggressive when under the influence of drink.
      Synonyms
      intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin influentia ‘inflow’, from Latin influere, from in- ‘into’ + fluere ‘to flow’. The word originally had the general sense ‘an influx, flowing matter’, also specifically (in astrology) ‘the flowing in of ethereal fluid (affecting human destiny)’. The sense ‘imperceptible or indirect action exerted to cause changes’ was established in Scholastic Latin by the 13th century, but not recorded in English until the late 16th century.

 
 
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