impressionable

IPA/ɪmˈpreʃənəbl/
KK[ˌɪmprˈɛʃənəbəl]IPA/ɪmˈpreʃənəbl/

impressionable — 形容詞

  • impressionablepositive
  • more impressionablecomparative
  • most impressionablesuperlative

1. describes someone — especially a young person — whose opinions, beliefs, or beha

1.形容詞B2
釋義

易受影響的

容易受他人意見影響,尤指年輕時

describes someone — especially a young person — whose opinions, beliefs, or behaviour are easily shaped by other people or by what they see and hear.

例句

At sixteen, Dario was highly impressionable and quickly adopted whatever his older friends believed.

Dario 十六歲時非常容易受影響,很快就接受了年長朋友的看法。

be + highly impressionable — intensifier before the adjective

Parents often worry about the influence of social media on their impressionable teenagers.

父母常擔心社群媒體對他們容易受影響的青少年孩子造成不良影響。

impressionable + noun (teenagers / children / young minds)

同義詞
  • suggestible

    more clinical or psychological; often used in formal or academic contexts to describe someone who readily accepts suggestions

  • influenceable

    a direct synonym but less common; emphasises openness to being swayed by outside forces

  • malleable

    suggests a broader capacity to be shaped or changed; can refer to personality but also to physical materials

反義詞
  • headstrong

    describes someone who stubbornly follows their own mind and resists others' opinions

  • resistant

    implies a deliberate or natural refusal to be influenced by outside forces

文法句型

impressionable + noun (young person / mind / age)

be + impressionable

用法筆記

Primarily describes people — especially children, teenagers, or those at a formative stage — who are open to being shaped by others' opinions or behaviour. Rarely used for physical objects or abstract concepts.

常見錯誤

The singer gave an impressionable performance.
The singer gave an impressive performance.
💡'impressionable' describes someone easily influenced; 'impressive' describes something that creates a strong positive effect.
The soft clay was very impressionable.
The soft clay was very mouldable / pliable.
💡'impressionable' refers to mental or emotional influence, not physical shaping.