動物銘印現象：成長的關鍵過程 The Power of Imprinting

First impressions are often lasting impressions.
第一印象通常會持續很久。

What’s your impression of Penny’s new boyfriend?
你對潘妮的新男友印象如何？

After talking to the principal, I was left with the impression that it was a very good school.
和校長談過話後，我印象覺得這是一所很好的學校。
 

Kent made a bad impression on Nelly’s parents because he brought her home too late.
肯特給娜莉的父母留了壞印象，因為他太晚送她回家。

I have the impression that you’re not happy.
我覺得你並不快樂。

I was under the impression that Emma was marrying Robert.
我還以為艾瑪要嫁給羅伯特。

The kids left the impression of their hands in the wet cement.
這群小鬼在未乾的水泥上留下手印。

The comedian is good at imitating famous people.
這名喜劇演員很擅長模仿名人。

Stealing is bad behavior.
偷竊是不好的行為。

 The reproduction method of this newly discovered 
species of beetle is not yet clear to scientists.
科學家仍不清楚該新發現的甲蟲類是以什麼方式繁殖的。

 The connoisseur told me that the painting I bought 
wasn’t an original work of Picasso but merely a 
reproduction. 
行家告訴我，我買的畫不是畢卡索的真跡，而只是複製品而
已。

Rabbits are known to reproduce at an extraordinary 
rate.
兔子以繁殖迅速著稱。

According to the scientists, the viruses can’t 
reproduce themselves unless there is a host.
根據科學家的說法，除非有宿主，否則病毒無法自我繁殖。

 Many of the painter’s major works were exquisitely 
reproduced in this reference book. 
該畫家的許多重要作品都被精美地翻印在這本工具書裡。

People gradually mature from childhood to adulthood.
人們從童年到成年會逐漸變成熟。

I don’t know that man well, so I have little interaction with him.
我跟那人不是很熟，因此我跟他沒什麼互動。

The problem is that there is not enough interaction between the couple.
問題在於這對夫妻間的互動不足。