喜樂美語
  1. 1a/ˌɪnfluˈenʃəl/有影響力的

    having a lot of influence, so other people change the way they think or act.

    「influential」是「有影響力的」——別人會聽你說的話、看你做的事，想法或行為因此改變。它跟 powerful 很近，但感覺不一樣：powerful 帶有「能掌控、能命令」的力量；influential 更常是「大家重視你的意見，所以事情往某個方向走」。常見句型：influential in shaping / changing something（在形塑／改變某事上有影響力）。核心畫面可以想成「輕輕推動別人的想法」——不是硬抓控制權，而是別人願意跟你的方向走。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei writes for the school paper, and her articles are highly influential.

    中文翻譯美為學校報紙寫稿，而且她的文章是高度有影響力的。

    常見搭配

    • highly influential

      非常有影響力的

      very influential; having a strong effect on people's ideas

      It is a highly influential art magazine for young artists.

    • influential in doing something

      在做某事上有影響力；對促成某事很重要

      important in helping something happen or change

      Her ideas were influential in shaping the new club rules.

    • an influential figure / person

      有影響力的人物

      someone whose ideas or actions many people follow

      He became an influential figure in the local music scene.

    • influential friends

      有影響力的朋友

      friends whose opinions or help can change what happens

      It helps to have influential friends when you start a community project.

    • an influential position

      有影響力的職位

      a job or role from which you can influence decisions

      She holds an influential position on the student council.

    • widely influential

      影響範圍很廣的

      having an effect across many people or places

      Her teaching methods became widely influential in nearby schools.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis; influence + -ial.

借自中世紀拉丁文 īnfluentiālis。

Wiktionary

You can picture an influential person or thing as one that changes the shape of what happens around it without giving orders: people listen, and afterwards they think or act differently. The power here is not the power to command — it is the power to move other people's minds.

可以想成 influential 的畫面比較像「它一出現，周圍的人事後就不太一樣了」：不是靠命令，而是別人聽了、看了之後，想法或做法真的變了。這個字講的力量不是「我叫你做」，而是「你自己改變了」。

同家族的字

more influential most influential

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

influentialadj/ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/

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    Having or exerting influence.

    • John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.
    • Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.

influentialnoun/ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/

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    A person who has influence

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。