impress是及物动词，意为“使……明白重要性，留下了深刻的印象”。impress不用于impress sb sth结构，其间接宾语由介词on引出，impress不用于进行体。impress被动式be impressed很常用，后可接with或者by。
表示”铭刻”、“使某人牢记某事”要说成“impress on/upon sb.Sth.”或说成“impress on/upon sb.+that从句”。I was very impressed by his story他的故事深深打动了我。I have the impression that I've seen that man before我觉得我以前见过那个人。
impression是impress的名词形式。给某人留下深刻印象”要说成”leave(make)an impression on sb.”。impress sb with sth意思是用……给某人留下印象;impress sth on one’s mind意思将……在某人心中留下印象。