impact

impact¹ sb. virkning; påvirkning (fx analysts warn that the worst of the impact of the financial crisis is yet to come); indvirkning indvirkning (fx the impact on economic life has been very great, the impact of science on modern thought); indflydelse; indtryk (fx the message makes little impact on ordinary people); betydning (fx the US President wanted to minimize the impact of yesterday's announcement in view of wider considerations in the Middle East, the impact on the bottom line, however, has yet to show up, but it is still early days, the huge impact the company has had on science and technology, although the basic technology of coil coating has not changed much since the 1960s, researchers are coming up with new ideas that could make a significant impact); konsekvens; (intensitet, styrke) omfang; (også fig.) gennemslagskraft; (om annonce, budskab etc.) virkning, effekt, gennemslagskraft;
□ assess the impact on … vurdere hvordan det påvirker …; feel the impact (af udvikling, begivenhed etc.) kunne mærke det, være direkte påvirket (el. berørt); feel the impact of (virkelig) kunne mærke (fx US consumers feel the impact of higher oil prices); have an impact have en vis virkning; kunne mærkes; (om argument) vinde genklang; have an impact on påvirke; betyde noget for (fx needless to say, demand has a material impact on prices, the choice of timber has an impact on the conservation of the tropical rainforests); have no impact on ikke betyde noget for (fx this should have no impact whatsoever on the company's prospects for further sales in China), ikke komme til at påvirke; have little impact ikke have (el. få) den store betydning; have no impact on ikke betyde noget for; ikke påvirke; lessen the impact of … mindske betydningen af …; mindske konsekvenserne ved …; make an impact gøre indtryk; gøre sig gældende; (om kunstner etc.) blive en succes (fx their new product is not likely to make much impact); slå igennem; (betyde noget) have betydning,virkelig spille en rolle; nothing makes any impact on that man der er intet der bider på ham, han er totalt upåvirkelig, det er som at slå i en dyne; make a major impact virkelig betyde noget; spille en stor rolle;
added impact øget (el. forbedret) effekt (el. virkning) (fx for added impact, proceed as follows ...); have a big impact virkelig betyde noget; direct impact (fig.) direkte påvirkning; (mil.) træffer; economic impact økonomisk betydning (fx only now, many years after Aids was first recognized as a new disease, are analysts starting to make systematic estimates of its worldwide economic impact, there are signs that growing awareness of the costs is slowing the pace of new legislation, and the US currently has a moratorium on new environmental legislation, and EU countries are stressing the need for more realism about the economic impact of proposals); environmental impact miljøpåvirkning (fx the waste products must be disposed of with minimum environmental impact); have a financial impact betyde noget økonomisk; with minimal impact on the environment næsten uden miljøpåvirkning; miljøskånsomt; have a negative impact on belaste; påvirke negativt; tynge; visual impact visuel virkning, visuel effekt (fx the windmills will have a low visual impact on the landscape character);
* The main impact of cuts in public spending will be on …, the crisis has had a major impact on the results of the US carmaker, the ever-deepening recession has had a pronounced negative impact on most companies, such bad news are bound to have an impact on the stock market rating of US carmakers, forecast the impact of new technologies on the future job market, it was done to soften the impact of falling prices on the industry, the depressed state of the shipbuilding industry has had a severe impact on the company's profits, other markets where the company is hopeful of making an impact include Russia and China, the hawk was silent on the attack, and the instant before impact its wings spread hugely, drastic measures will be needed to soften the impact of the financial crisis, it is too early to measure the impact of the crisis on Danish companies, it is difficult to calculate the full impact of these problems on other eurozone countries, the economic impact on the company from lost business could run to over $5m a day.
impact² sb. (ved trafikulykke etc.) kollision (fx in this car, the steering column tips away (bøjes væk) from the driver on impact, I must also take on trust the car's low-speed crash resistance, with the bumpers said to survive 2.5 mph impacts unmarked, these elements collapse upon impact, absorbing the kinetic impact of the vehicle); sammenstød; påkørsel;
□ force of impact (ved bilulykke etc.) sammenstødskraft (fx the force of the impact was so great that ...); at the moment of impact i stødøjeblikket; (i bil) i kollisionsøjeblikket; on impact (ved bilulykke) i kollissionsøjeblikket, ved kollision (fx safety features include automatic seat belt tightening on impact); burn on impact (om bil, ved kollision) bryde i brand; burst on impact (mil.) eksplodere ved anslag; frontal impact frontal påkørsel; side impact sidekollision (fx the car features strengthening beams in the doors to protect passengers in a side impact); impact with pedestrians (am.) (ulykke involverende bil og fodgænger) fodgængerulykke(r);
* The bodies were scattered in the street, evidently thrown from the bus by the impact of the crash.
impact³ sb. (tekn.) belastning; belastningspåvirkning (fx the grinding balls in mill must also withstand the repeated impact between liners and other balls); stød (fx absorption of impacts); stødpåvirkning; (om kugle, projektil) anslag; (om missil) nedslag, træfning;
□ impact from an asteroid asteroidenedslag; impact of the waves bølgeslag.
impact⁴ vb. påvirke, berøre; have betydning for; indvirke på; øve indflydelse på; (påvirke negativt) belaste;
□ impact adversely påvirke negativt; belaste; impact on påvirke; få betydning for; (negativt) gå ud over; påvirke negativt.