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Impressiveness is the quality of being impressive — the wow that a thing has, turned into a noun. We talk about the impressiveness of a view, a building, a performance, a score. It is a fairly formal noun; in everyday talk people more often say “how impressive it is”, or they name the thing: the size, the skill. You will see impressiveness in reviews and careful descriptions. It is not a common spoken word. Though actually, impressiveness can be a little cold: it names the effect, not the feeling. “The impressiveness of the ceremony” tells you it was grand; it does not tell you if anyone was moved. Size, skill, and importance can all give impressiveness, so the word stays general — you may need a second sentence to say which kind.
氣勢、令人印象深刻之處
組成From impressive + -ness. -ness turns an adjective into a noun meaning “the quality of being that”. impressive is impress + -ive.
同家族的字
- impressivethe adjective this noun is made from
- impressivelythe adverb: in an impressive way
- impressthe verb at the root
原始詞典資料1 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。
impressivenessnoun
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The quality of being impressive.
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。