Under the influence

Definition

influence /'Çnfluǝns/ n ၁။ (က) [U, sing] ~ (on/ over sb/ sth) အရိွန္အဝါ။ ဩဇာတိကၠမ။ have a good/ bad/ beneficial/ harmful influence on sb's behaviour/ character ❍ exert a powerful influence on sb/ sth ❍ a young ruler under the influence of his chief minister ❍ the influence of the press and television ❍ His parents no longer have any real influence over him. (ခ) [C] ~ (on sb/ sth) ဩဇာလႊမ္းမိုးမႈ။ အရိွန္အဝါ။ ဩဇာ။ Those so-called friends of hers are a bad influence on her. ❍ Religion has been an influence for good in his life. ❍ The influences at work in this case (ie factors affecting it) are hard to separate out. ၂။ [U] ~ (with sb) ဩဇာ။ အရိွန္အဝါ။ use one's influence (with sb) to obtain a job ❍ She has great influence with the manager and could probably help you. ၃။ [U,C] ~ (on sth) သက္ေရာက္မႈ။ the influence of the moon on the tides ❍ the influence of the climate on agricultural production ❍ planetary/ seasonal influences. v ဩဇာလႊမ္းသည္။ ဩဇာသက္ေရာက္သည္။ the belief of astrologers that planets influence human character ❍ factors influencing consumer choice ❍ I don't want to influence you either way, so I won't tell you my opinion. ❍ As a young man, he was much influenced by Picasso. ❍ Whatever influenced her to write such a letter? ❏ under the influence [ IDM ] ( fml or joc ) အရက္ မူးသည္။ be charged by the police with driving under the influence (of alcohol).

Examples

1. Without his famous father’s influence
2. he would never have got the job.
3. [exert/exercise/use influence] : He couldn’t hope to exert any real influence in the new department.
4. [influence on/over] : Teachers have considerable influence over what is taught in the classroom.
5. [outside influence] : The decision-making process will be free from outside influence.
6. [influence on] : His years in Hollywood were artistically a very destructive influence on his films.
7. [be a good/bad influence (on someone/something)] : The family thought Anne was a good influence on their son.