[no obj.]have an effect or impact, especially a damaging or negative one (尤指破坏性或负面地)影响,冲击 Nora was determined that the tragedy would impinge as little as possible on Constance's life. 诺拉决意让悲剧尽量少影响康斯坦斯的生活。 ■advance over an area belonging to someone or something else; encroach 侵犯,侵占 the proposed fencing would impinge on a public bridleway. 提议修筑的围墙会侵占公共马道。 ■(impinge on/upon)(Physics)strike (物理)撞击 the gases impinge on the surface of the liquid. 气体撞击液体表面。
派生 impingement noun impinger noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin impingere 'drive something in or at', from in- 'into' + pangere 'fix, drive'. The word originally meant 'thrust at forcibly', then 'come into forcible contact'; hence 'encroach on' (mid 18th cent.)