impress

感心させる、感銘を与える

相手に自分をすごいと思わせたり、物事を高く評価させたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone admire you or think that something is very good.

• Your work impressed me.
• She tried to impress her new boss.
• Were you impressed by the performance?

使い方： impress someone with something (She impressed us with her knowledge.); be impressed by/with something (I was impressed by his kindness.)

反対語： disappoint

よく使う表現： impress someone, impress with something, impress the judges, impress an audience

強く認識させる、念を押す

あることがどれほど重要かを相手にはっきり理解させる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone clearly understand how important something is.

• They impressed the rules on us.
• The teacher impressed upon us the importance of practice.
• I must impress on you that this is urgent.

使い方： impress something on/upon someone (He impressed the need for caution upon us.); impress on someone that… (She impressed on me that we must arrive early.)

類義語： emphasize, stress

よく使う表現： impress upon someone, impress on someone

押しつける、刻印する

物を押し当てて、表面に跡や形をつける。

やさしい英語で： To make a mark or shape on a surface by pressing something against it.

• She impressed a stamp into the wax.
• The artist impressed patterns on the soft clay.
• Their shoes impressed deep marks into the mud.

使い方： impress something into/on something (She impressed a leaf pattern into the clay.)

類義語： stamp, imprint

よく使う表現： impress a pattern, impress into something, impress on something, impress a seal