influence

affect, influence, impress

affect, effect, influence

• to affect a policy is to have an effect on it.
  影响一项政策就是对该政策具有一种影响。
• the news did not affect her at all.＝the news had no effect on her at all.
  这条消息对她没有一点影响。

• they effected their escape in the middle of the night.
  他们半夜逃脱了。
• he effected great changes in the company.
  他使公司发生了巨大的变化。

• what you read influences your thinking.
  你读的东西对你的思想有影响。
• it’s clear that her painting has been influenced by picasso.
  她的画显然受了毕加索的影响。
• television has a strong influence on people.
  电视对人有很大的影响。

名词 influence:

1. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
2. causing something without any direct or apparent effort
3. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
4. the effect of one thing (or person) on another
5. one having power to influence another

动词 influence:

1. have and exert influence or effect
   同义词：act upon, work
2. shape or influence; give direction to
   同义词：determine, shape, mold, regulate
3. induce into action by using one's charm
   同义词：charm, tempt

1. His parents no longer have any real influence over him.
   他的父母对他不再有任何真正的约束力了。
2. Don't let me influence your decision.
   不要让我影响你的决定。
3. Listening to the music has a calming influence on her.
   听音乐对她起了一种镇静的作用。
4. He is a man of some influence in the government circles.
   他是个在政府内有一定势力的人。

in.flu.ence

n.Abbr. infl.（名词）缩写 infl.
A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
影响，感化力：一种影响人和事或导致事件发生的力量，尤指不带直接和明显有意因素的客观力：
例句：
relaxed under the influence of the music; the influence of television on modern life.
在音乐的影响下放松；电视对现代生活的影响

Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
势力，权利：基于名望、财富、能力或地位的影响和支配的能力：
例句：
used her parent`s influence to get the job.
利用她父母的势力去谋求职位

One exercising such power:
影响：施加这种影响力的人：
例句：
My parents considered my friend to be a bad influence on me.
我父母认为我朋友对我有不良影响

An effect or change produced by such power.
结果，改变：由这种影响力产生的结果或变化

A determining factor believed by some to affect individual tendencies and characteristics understood to be caused by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one`s birth.
星力：一种影响个人的性格与特点的决定性因素，据认为是由一个人出生时的星位决定的
Factors believed to be caused by the changing positions of the stars and planets in relation to those positions at the time of one`s birth.
影响力：由于星位与人出生时的星位的改变而产生的因素
v.tr.（及物动词）
in.flu.enced,in.flu.enc.ing,in.flu.enc.es
To produce an effect on by imperceptible or intangible means; sway.
感化，影响：用不可见的或不知不觉的方式来产生影响；感化影响
To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify.See Synonyms at affect
影响，变更：影响某物的本质、发展或状况；修改参见 affect

<习惯用语>under the influence
Intoxicated, especially with alcohol.
喝醉了酒：醉酒，尤指酒精导致
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin onfluentia [influx]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 onfluentia [流入]
from Latin onfluôns onfluent- [present participle of] onfluere [to flow in]
源自 拉丁语 onfluôns onfluent- [] onfluere的现在分词 [流进]
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在] *参见 in-2
fluere [to flow] * see bhleu-
fluere [流] *参见 bhleu-

【引伸】
in.fluenceable
adj.（形容词）
in.fluencer
n.（名词）