Слово англійською: influence

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influence

noun
/ˈɪnfluəns/
  1. [uncountable, countable] the effect that somebody/something has on the way a person thinks or behaves or on the way that something works or develops
    • His early work shows the influence of Cézanne and Matisse.
    • influence on somebody/something He had considerable influence on younger sculptors.
    • Peer group members can exert a strong influence on each other's activities.
    • Such media pressure exercises influence on policymakers.
    • influence of somebody/something on somebody/something the influence of the climate on agricultural production
    • What exactly is the influence of social media on children?
    • The religious community wished to be independent of outside influence.
  2. [uncountable] the power that somebody/something has to make somebody/something behave in a particular way
    • He worked his way into a position of power and influence in the city.
    • influence over somebody/something Her parents no longer have any real influence over her.
    • It was claimed that lobbyists had undue influence on the prime minister.
    • influence with somebody She could probably exert her influence with the manager and get you a job.
    • You need to use your influence with your party colleagues.
    • under the influence of somebody/something He committed the crime under the influence of drugs.
    • The country is beginning to expand its sphere of influence.
  3. [countable] a person or thing that affects the way a person behaves and thinks
    • She draws on her diverse cultural influences to express herself.
    • His first music teacher was a major influence in his life.
    • There seem to be several influences at work in (= affecting) his writing.
    • influence on somebody/something Those friends are a bad influence on her.
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin influentia ‘inflow’, from Latin influere, from in- ‘into’ + fluere ‘to flow’. The word originally had the general sense ‘an influx, flowing matter’, also specifically (in astrology) ‘the flowing in of ethereal fluid (affecting human destiny)’. The current sense was established in Scholastic Latin by the 13th cent., but not recorded in English until the late 16th cent.
Idioms
under the influence
  1. having had too much alcohol to drink
    • She was charged with driving under the influence.
    • He was arrested for driving under the influence.
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