impress
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
if a person or thing impresses you, you admire them or it 使钦佩；使敬仰；给…留下深刻的好印象 - impress (somebody)
We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us. 我们和数名申请人进行了面谈，但都没有给我们留下什么印象。 The Grand Canyon never fails to impress people. 大峡谷永远不会给人留下深刻的印象。 The Grand Canyon never fails to impress. 大峡谷永远让人叹为观止。 His sincerity impressed her. 他的真诚打动了她。 - impress somebody with something
He impressed her with his sincerity. 他的真诚打动了她。 - it impresses somebody that…
It impressed me that she remembered my name. 令我佩服的是她记得我的名字。
Extra ExamplesI was young and easily impressed. 当时我还年轻，很容易被打动。 This game is his big chance to impress. 这场比赛是他留下深刻印象的巨大机会。 She impressed us with both the depth and range of her knowledge. 她精深而广博的知识给我们留下了深刻的印象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- be determined to
- be keen to
- hope to
- …
- with
- an attempt to impress somebody
- an effort to impress somebody
- be easily impressed
- …
- impress (somebody)
- [transitive] impress something on/upon somebody (formal)
to make somebody understand how important, serious, etc. something is by emphasizing it 使意识到（重要性或严肃性等） He impressed on us the need for immediate action. 他让我们认识到立刻采取行动的必要。 Their responsibilities are impressed on them during training. 在培训期间，他们的责任感很深刻。
- [transitive] impress something/itself on/upon something (formal)
to have a great effect on something, especially somebody’s mind, imagination, etc. 使铭记；给…留下深刻印象
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘apply with pressure’): from Old French empresser, from em- ‘in’ + presser ‘to press’, influenced by Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 18th cent.