im‧press S3 W3 / ɪmpres / 动词 [及物动词]

1 [不用于进行时] to make someone feel admiration and respect :

Steve borrowed his dad’s sports car to impress his girlfriend.

impress somebody with/by something

We were very impressed by the standard of work.

One candidate in particular impressed us with her knowledge.

I think the chief exec was favourably impressed by your presentation.

‘He’s a lawyer?’ Mum looked suitably impressed (= as impressed as you would expect ) .

2 to make the importance of something clear to someone

impress something on somebody

Father impressed on me the value of hard work.

3 to press something into a soft surface so that a mark or pattern appears on it :

patterns impressed in the clay