The young engineer's innovative design for a solar-powered water pump impressed the panel of judges at the science fair.
这位年轻工程师为太阳能水泵设计的创新方案给科学展的评委小组留下了深刻印象。
Which choice best defines “impress”?
C — Make someone admire or respect. “impress” means make someone admire or respect.
Which word means “make someone admire or respect”?
A — impress. “impress” means make someone admire or respect.
impress — make someone admire or respect. In Chinese: 使印象深刻，使感动.
impress is pronounced /ɪmˈpres/.
The young engineer's innovative design for a solar-powered water pump impressed the panel of judges at the science fair. (这位年轻工程师为太阳能水泵设计的创新方案给科学展的评委小组留下了深刻印象。)
dazzle, awe, strike — all close in meaning to impress (make someone admire or respect).
disappoint, dismay — each the opposite of impress (make someone admire or respect).
Yes. impress is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
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