impression
noun uk/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/ us/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
(OPINION)
B2 [ C ]印象;感想
an idea or opinion of what something or someone is like
I didn't get much of an impression of the place because it was dark when we drove through it. 我对这地方印象不深，因为我们开车驶过时天已经黑了。
What was your impression of Charlotte's husband? 你对夏洛特的丈夫印象如何？
I don't tend to trust first impressions (= the opinion you form when you meet someone or see something for the first time). 我不怎么相信第一印象。
[ + that ] When I first met him I got/had the impression that he was a shy sort of person. 初次见到他时，我觉得他属于那种害羞的人。
be under the impressionB2 觉得，有…的想法
to think that something is true, especially when it is not
I was under the impression (that) you didn't get on too well. 我感觉你们相处得不太好。
He was under the mistaken (= false) impression (that) you were married. 他误以为你结婚了。
I was under the impression that they wanted to ban cars.
Her parents were under the impression that she was doing well at school.
Most people were under the impression that he was joking, whereas in fact he was deadly serious.
- More examples
- You'll get a false impression of the town if you only visit the university.
- My general impression of the place was good.
- His helpfulness today has made me revise my original impression of him.
- You don't want to convey the impression that we're not interested.
- I was under the erroneous impression that they were married.
(EFFECT)
B2 [ S ]印象，感触
the way that something seems, looks, or feels to a particular person
It makes/gives/creates a very bad impression if you're late for an interview. 面试如果迟到会给人留下很坏的印象。
[ + (that) ] He likes to give the impression (that) he's terribly popular and has lots of friends. 他想给人留下这样一种印象：他很受欢迎，而且朋友众多。
- More examples
- It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.
- She made a very favourable impression on us.
- In his 20 years working for the company, Joe Pearson made an indelible impression on it.
- Did any of your teachers make a lasting impression on you?
- Paul is Mister Big in our department, so it's important to make a good impression on him.
(COPY)
[ C ]模仿，（尤指）滑稽模仿
an attempt at copying another person's manner and speech, etc., especially in order to make people laugh
She does a really good impression of the president. 她模仿总统真是惟妙惟肖。
(MARK)
[ C ]压印，压痕
a mark made on the surface of something by pressing an object onto it
There were impressions around her ankles made by the tops of her socks. 她的脚踝周围有袜口留下的勒痕。
(BOOKS)
[ C usually singular ] UK (US printing)印刷;印数;印次
all the copies of a book that have been printed at the same time without any changes being made
This is the second impression of the encyclopedia. 这是这部百科全书的第二次印刷。
Idiom
make an impression on someoneidiom 给（某人）留下深刻的好印象
to cause someone to notice and admire you
He made quite an impression on the girls at the tennis club. 他给网球俱乐部的女孩子们留下了很好的印象。