influence

1. N-UNCOUNT Influence is the power to make other people agree with your opinions or do what you want. 權勢

He used his influence to get his son into medical school. 他利用權勢把兒子弄進了醫(yī)學院。

He denies exerting any political influence over them. 他否認曾向他們施加過政治影響。

2. V-T If you influence someone, you use your power to make them agree with you or do what you want. 影響

He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他正試圖不適當?shù)赜绊懸幻C人。

3. N-COUNT To have an influence on people or situations means to affect what they do or what happens. 影響

Van Gogh had a major influence on the development of modern painting. 凡·高對現(xiàn)代繪畫的發(fā)展有著重大的影響。

4. V-T If someone or something influences a person or situation, they have an effect on that person's behaviour or that situation. 影響

We became the best of friends and he influenced me deeply. 我們成了最好的朋友，而他深深地影響了我。

5. N-COUNT Someone or something that is a good or bad influence on people has a good or bad effect on them. 有影響的人 (或事物)

I thought Sonny would be a good influence on you. 我認為桑尼對你會有好的影響。

6. PHRASE If you are under the influence of someone or something, you are being affected or controlled by them. 在…影響之下

He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. 他因涉嫌酒后駕車而被捕。