influential

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Pronunciation

/ˌɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/(in-floo-EN-shul)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

有影响力的（对他人的想法、行为或决定有重大影响的）

Definition

Having a great deal of influence over others' opinions, behaviour, or decisions.

Word family

  • influence/ˈɪnflʊəns/(n/v)影响；影响力
  • influencer/ˈɪnflʊənsə/(n)网络影响者
  • influentially/ˌɪnflʊˈɛnʃəlɪ/(adv)有影响力地

Collocations

  • highly influential
  • influential figure
  • influential thinker
  • influential work
  • influential in shaping
  • most influential

Examples

  1. 1.She became one of the most influential voices in the debate on urban housing policy in the 1990s.
  2. 2.His early research proved influential in establishing what is now considered standard clinical practice.

Synonyms

  • significant/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/— having importance and effect
  • powerful/ˈpaʊəfʊl/— having great power/effect
  • authoritative/ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv/— accepted as having authority

Etymology

from Latin "influens" = flowing in, from "influere" (to flow in) — originally an astrological term