imbue

英 [ɪm'bjuː] 美 [ɪm'bjuː]

v.灌输；使感染；使充满

◉Etymology

“Imbue”源自拉丁语“imbuere”，意为“灌注”或“浸泡”。这个词的词根是“im-”，表示“进入”或“在内”，“-buere”则表示“浸泡”或“充满”。因此，“imbue”一词的本义是指将某物完全浸泡或灌注，引申为将某种特质或情感强烈地注入或渗透到某人或某物中。

◉外刊例句

① 《纽约时报》, 2024-12-01

The teacher sought to imbue her students with a love of learning.

老师希望将对学习的热爱灌输到学生心中。

② 《经济学人》, 2024-11-15

The company’s culture is imbued with a strong sense of innovation and creativity.

公司的文化中充满了强烈的创新和创造力。

◉经典名著

① 《傲慢与偏见》（Pride and Prejudice）, 简·奥斯汀, 1813

The manners of the society were imbued with a strict sense of decorum and propriety.

社会的礼仪中充满了严格的得体和端庄。

② 《小妇人》（Little Women）, 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特, 1868

Mrs. March sought to imbue her daughters with a strong sense of duty and compassion.

马奇太太希望将强烈的责任感和同情心灌输到女儿们的心中。

◉Usage Examples

(1) He managed to imbue his employees with team spirit.

(2) You should imbue your children with ambition to succeed

(1) 他成功激发起雇员的团队精神。

(2) 你应该使你的孩子充满希望成功的雄心。

◉Usage Notes

To imbue is to fill up with or become "soaked" in an idea or emotion, as a sponge takes in water. One visit to Africa might be enough to imbue ambitions in a medical student to return to heal the sick.

You can use imbue in a similar way as "saturate," or "soak through," to describe a filling or absorbing. A "hue" is a color, and it rhymes with imbue. When you're imbued with something, you are, in a way, colored by it. If you imbue a dish sponge with oily orange water from a spaghetti bowl, the color and the oil soak in. To fill people with qualities or emotions is, for example, to imbue them with strength or optimism.

◉Colins

1. [VERB 动词]向…灌输；使充满 If someone or something is imbued with an idea, feeling, or quality, they become filled with it. [be V-ed with n] [V n with n] [FORMAL 正式]

As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder.

你仔细听，就会注意到每一个词都是那么的神奇，令人惊叹。

...men who can imbue their hearers with enthusiasm.

能够激发听众热情的人

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...a Guards officer imbued with a military sense of duty and loyalty.

满怀军人责任感、高度忠诚的护卫队军官