impinge

impinge
(impinging)
  1. [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。
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impingement
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impinger
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语源
  1. 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.)
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