Something impressionistic gives you a general feeling of a thing, not a careful list of facts. A report can be impressionistic: after a short visit, you say how the place felt, without numbers.

Something impressionistic帶有impressionistic特質的東西 gives you a general feeling of a thing給你的是對一件事的整體感覺， not a careful list of facts而不是仔細列出的事實。A report一份報告 can be impressionistic可以是impressionistic的： after a short visit在短暫參訪之後， you say how the place felt你講這地方給你的感覺， without numbers沒有數字。

A painting can be impressionistic too — loose colour, light, a mood — and that is where the word was born, from the art style Impressionism.

A painting一幅畫 can be impressionistic too也可以是impressionistic的—— loose colour, light, a mood鬆散的色彩、光線、氛圍—— and that is where the word was born而這個字就是從這裡誕生的， from the art style Impressionism來自印象派這個藝術風格。

In school and office English, though, people mostly use it for writing and thinking that is sketchy: “This is only an impressionistic account.” It is not an insult every time; sometimes a first look should be loose. But if a teacher asks for evidence, impressionistic is a polite warning: you felt it, you did not prove it.

In school and office English在學校和職場的英文裡， though不過， people mostly use it大家大多用這個詞 for writing and thinking that is sketchy講那種粗略的寫作或想法： "This is only an impressionistic account."「這只是個大概的說法」。It is not an insult every time這不是每次都在罵人； sometimes a first look should be loose有時候第一印象本來就該是模糊的。But if a teacher asks for evidence但如果老師要求證據， impressionistic is a polite warningimpressionistic就是個委婉的提醒： you felt it你只是感覺到了， you did not prove it你沒有證明。

It is a fairly educated word. Though actually, everyday life runs on impressionistic judgments all the time — we size up a room in two seconds — we just do not call them that.

It is這是個 a fairly educated word蠻書卷氣的詞。Though actually不過其實， everyday life runs on impressionistic judgments all the time日常生活一直都靠impressionistic式的判斷在運作—— we size up a room in two seconds我們兩秒鐘就能打量一個房間—— we just do not call them that只是我們不會這樣稱呼它。