n. 影响;势力;有影响的人(或事物);[占星学]星力;
vt. 影响;感染;支配;对…起作用;
💡 in进入+flu流动+ence名词后缀→流入→影响
"The girls in a class tend to have a civilizing influence on the boys."
班上的女生往往能让男生文雅起来。
近义:impact, impinge, impress, incite, induce, manipulate
反义:unsell, deter, discourage, subjection, subservience, subserviency