英语词汇“impress”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

impressimpress1 /ɪmˈprɛs/ ●●○ W3 verb

ETYMOLOGYimpress¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of imprimere, from premere to press

VERB TABLE

impress

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	impress
	he, she, it	impresses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	impressed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have impressed
	he, she, it	has impressed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had impressed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will impress
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have impressed

1[intransitive, transitive not in progressive] to make someone feel admiration and respect for you: You don’t need to make fancy foods to impress guests. He was dressed to impress.impress somebody with something The students impressed us with their creativity.2[transitive] to press something into a soft surface so that a mark or pattern appears on it [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin, past participle of imprimere, from premere to press]impress somebody as something phrasal verb to make someone think of you as having particular qualities, because of the way you seem someone who impresses you as something seems to you to have particular qualities or be a particular type of person: She impressed me as a quiet serious person.impress something on/upon somebody phrasal verb to make the importance of something clear to someone: impress something on/upon somebody My parents impressed on me the value of hard work.