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
n. 广告;做广告,登广告;广告业;
adj. 广告的;广告业的;
v. 公告;为…做广告(advertise的ing形式);
"If you want to attract more customers, try advertising in the local paper."
如果你要吸引更多顾客,就试试在当地报纸登广告。
近义:promotion, propaganda, publicity, billing, ads, advertisement
adj. 微妙的;敏感的;狡猾的;巧妙的;
💡 傻不偷(谐音): 细微的东西傻子不偷 sub(向下)+tle(little小):比小东西还小- 细微的
"a note with subtle variances of pitch"
音高有细微变化的音符
近义:fine, delicate, elaborate, gentle, tactful, diplomatic
反义:impolite, artless, loutish, peasant, randy, rank