mindmap root((影响)) affect implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction: the sight ~ed him deeply. influence implies a force that brings about a change (as in nature or behavior): our beliefs are ~d by our upbringing; a drug that ~s growth rates. touch may carry a vivid of suggestion of close contact and may connote stirring, arousing, or harming: plants ~ed by frost; his emotions were ~ed by her distress. impress stresses the depth and persistence of the effect: only one of the plans ~ed him. strike may convey the notion of sudden sharp perception or appreciation: ~ by the solemnity of the occasion. sway implies the acting of the influences that are not resisted or are irresistible, with resulting change in character or course of action: politicians who are ~ed by popular opinion.