| 单词 | influential |
| 释义 | influential (once / 625 pages) adj If your grandfather worked his whole life in a circus and inspired you to wear clown shoes, you could describe your grandfather as very influential in your life. Something that exerts influence or power can be called influential. You could read a deeply meaningful book that becomes influential to you, or there might be an important person in your life who is strongly influential over various decisions you make. The Latin word influentem, "flowing in," is the root of the Old French influence, which described the power was believed to flow from the stars. WORD FAMILYinfluential: influentially, uninfluential+/influence: influenced, influences, influencing, influential USAGE EXAMPLESPiers Handling says Marshall helped build the festival into one of “the most influential public cultural festivals today.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “A right-wing demagogue in charge of the world’s most influential repository of democratic values,” wrote Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf, “is a devastating fact.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Jaynes’s book was hugely influential in its day, one of those rare specialist works whose ideas enter the culture at large. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) adj having or exercising influence or power an influential newspaper influential leadership for peace Syn|Ant authoritative, important having authority or ascendancy or influence potent, powerfulhaving great influence prestigiousexerting influence by reason of high status or prestige uninfluential not influential |
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