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Impact Object   [V N Noun Force Effect Foot

英语单词 impact
英美音标 ['impækt]
中文释义 n.碰撞,冲击,冲突,影响,效果
vt.挤入,撞击,压紧,对...发生影响
vocab简明 The noun impact can refer to a physical force (like a collision), an influence (a bad role model or a hero), or a strong effect (a foot of snow will have an impact on driving conditions).
vocab扩展 Impact is used most often as a noun. A good teacher might have an impact (influence) on a struggling student. The moment two comets collide is called the "moment of impact." But this versatile word can also be used as a verb, though many people prefer to use its synonyms instead: "affect," "bear upon," or "touch on." Impacted teeth are wedged together or stuck behind each other.
真题原句 We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people.
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柯林斯解释
The noun is pronounced /'ɪmpækt/. The verb is pronounced /ɪm'pækt/. 名词读作 /'ɪmpækt/,动词读作 /ɪm'pækt/。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]影响;作用 The impact that something has on a situation, process, or person is a sudden and powerful effect that it has on them.
  [usu sing]
  • They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country...

    他们称他们预期会议对国家的未来会产生显著影响。

  • The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come...

    这种传染病在世界范围内的重大影响还未完全显现。

  • When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact.

    一个新主管刚上任时,会希望尽快树立威信。

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[N-VAR 可变名词]撞击;碰撞;撞击力 An impact is the action of one object hitting another, or the force with which one object hits another.
  • The plane is destroyed, a complete wreck: the pilot must have died on impact...

    飞机遭到毁坏,完全成了一堆残骸:飞行员肯定死于撞击。

  • A running track should be capable of absorbing the impact of a runner's foot landing on it.

    跑道应该能够吸收奔跑者踩踏地面时产生的撞击力。

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[VERB 动词](对…)产生影响 To impact on a situation, process, or person means to affect them.
  [V on/upon n]
  [V n]
  • Such schemes mean little unless they impact on people.

    这些计划没什么意义,除非它们对人民产生影响。

  • That, in turn would increase pressure for higher wages and that, in turn, would impact on inflation and competition.

    那样就会增加工资上涨的压力,而那样又会对通货膨胀和竞争产生影响。

  • ...the potential for women to impact the political process.

    女性影响政治进程的潜力

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  • Somebody who is a foreign investor and more sensitive about the public profile will be more impacted by that pressure.

    对公众形象较注意的外国投资者会更多地受到那种压力的影响。

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[VERB 动词]撞击;冲击;碰撞 If one object impacts on another, it hits it with great force.
  [V on/upon/with n]
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • ...the sharp tinkle of metal impacting on stone...

    金属撞击石头发出的刺耳叮当声

  • According to the air force, the missile merely impacted with the ground prematurely...

    根据空军提供的消息,导弹只是提前撞向了地面。

  • When a large object impacts the Earth, it makes a crater.

    当巨大物体撞击地球时,就会产生凹坑。

来源 2016.3

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