impression /ɪmˈprɛʃən/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT Your impression of a person or thing is what you think they are like, usually after having seen or heard them. Your impression of a situation is what you think is going on. 印象; 认识

  例：

  What were your first impressions of college?

  你对大学的第一印象是什么？

  例：

  My impression is that they are totally out of control.

  我的认识是他们完全失去了控制。

• 2. 

  N-SING If someone gives you a particular impression, they cause you to believe that something is the case, often when it is not. (常指错误的) 印象

  例：

  I don't want to give the impression that I'm running away from the charges.

  我并不想给人留下一种我在逃避指控的印象。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT An impression is an amusing imitation of someone's behaviour or way of talking, usually someone well-known. 滑稽模仿

  例：

  I did an impression of daddy saying "do as I say, not as I do."

  我滑稽地模范爸爸说话，“照我说的做，别照我做的做。”

• 4. 

  N-COUNT An impression of an object is a mark or outline that it has left after being pressed hard onto a surface. 压印

  例：

  ...the world's oldest fossil impressions of plant life.

  …世界上最古老的植物化石印痕。

• 5. 

  PHRASE If someone or something makes an impression, they have a strong effect on people or a situation. 造成强烈影响

  例：

  The type of aid coming in makes no immediate impression on the horrific death rates.

  这种即将到来的救助不会对恐怖的死亡率造成立杆见影的强烈影响。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case. (通常是错误地) 认为

  例：

  He had apparently been under the impression that a military coup was in progress.

  他显然一直认为一场军事政变正在进行。