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If someone is impressionable, new ideas and strong people go into them easily. Their mind is still soft, so a teacher, a film, a friend, or an can leave a mark.
If someone is如果一個人 impressionable容易受影響 new ideas and strong people新的想法和強勢的人 easily很容易 go into them進入他們 Their mind is still soft他們的心還是很軟 so a teacher, a film, a friend, or an advert所以一位老師、一部電影、一個朋友,或一則廣告 can leave a mark都能留下痕跡
We say this most about children and teenagers, and we often say it with a little worry: “Don’t show that to him — he’s at an impressionable age.” Adults can be impressionable too, but the word then can sound a bit , as if they should know better.
We say this most about children and teenagers我們最常用這個字說小孩和青少年 and we often say it with a little worry而且常常帶著一點擔心說 “Don't show that to him — he's at an impressionable age.”「別讓他看那個——他正處在容易受影響的年紀。」 Adults can be impressionable too大人也可能容易受影響 but the word then can sound a bit unkind但這時候這個字聽起來會有點不客氣 as if they should know better好像在說他們應該更懂事才對
It does not mean “good at impressing other people”. That is impressive. Impressionable is the other direction: you receive the impression; you do not give it.
It does not mean這個字不是指 “good at impressing other people”「很會讓別人印象深刻」 That is那是 impressive這個字的意思(令人印象深刻) Impressionable is the other directionimpressionable則是相反的方向 you receive the impression你是接收印象的人 you do not give it不是給出印象的人
Though actually, everyone is impressionable sometimes — the first week in a new school, a first love, a first job.
Though actually不過其實 everyone is impressionable sometimes每個人都會有容易受影響的時候 the first week in a new school, a first love, a first job像是新學校的第一週、初戀,或第一份工作
The word is slightly formal; in casual talk people say “easily influenced” or “takes things to heart”.
The word is slightly formal這個字有點正式 in casual talk口語裡 people say大家會說 “easily influenced”「easily influenced」(容易被影響) or或是 “takes things to heart”「takes things to heart」(把事情放在心上)
組成From impression + -able. impression is a mark left on the mind; -able here means “able to receive that” — easy to leave a mark on. The path comes through French impressionner (to impress) and the ending -able.
同家族的字
- impressionthe mark or feeling left in someone’s mind
- impressto leave that mark
- impressiveable to make other people admire you — the opposite direction from impressionable
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impressionableadj/ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
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Being easily influenced (especially of young people).
- I had never been an impressionable girl as far as men were concerned—I was not an impressionable woman.
- "Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."
impressionablenoun/ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
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An impressionable person.
- They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。