1ADDto 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。
2TEACHto 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 symptomsimpart a conformity to the clinicalpresentation, the underlying psychodynamic psychopathology is varied.• The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sicklifelesspallor.• If we were back in urbanreality now, we yet retained a glowimparted by our bucolicidyll.• Smiling to herself, she listened to the hissedshushing 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 impartpositive 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 emptyinterior.
impart something to something• French oakbarrelsimpart a slight nut-like flavor to this chardonnay.
Originimpart
(1500-1600)Old Frenchempartir, from Latinimpartire“to give out”, from partire“to divide, share”