impart

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im·part /ɪmˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1 ADDto give a particular quality to something 赋予，给予〔某种品质〕

impart something to something

Use a piece of fresh ginger to impart a Far Eastern flavour to simple ingredients.

用一片鲜姜给简单的原料添上东亚的风味。

2 TEACHto give information, knowledge, wisdom etc to someone 〔向某人〕传授〔知识、智慧〕，透露〔信息〕；告知

She had information that she couldn’t wait to impart.

她得到了消息，迫不及待地想告诉别人。

Examples from the Corpus

impart• While these symptoms impart a conformity to the clinical presentation, the underlying psychodynamic psychopathology is varied.• The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor.• If we were back in urban reality now, we yet retained a glow imparted by our bucolic idyll.• Smiling to herself, she listened to the hissed shushing that ensued as Mrs B. tried to impart her news.• It is frequently mixed with other fibres, particularly cotton, to impart improved life and easy-care qualities.• These people are unable to impart positive life values to their children because they have none to impart.• Interestingly, both businesses impart that deja-vu-all-over-again feeling.• It had no significance, or all the significance you might impart to its empty interior.

impart something to something• French oak barrels impart a slight nut-like flavor to this chardonnay.

Origin impart

(1500-1600) Old French empartir, from Latin impartire “to give out”, from partire “to divide, share”

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