VERB
施加（影響、壓力等）;行使，運用（權(quán)威等）
If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect.
例句
He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues...
他極大地影響了科學(xué)界對這些問題的看法。
The cyst was causing swelling and exerting pressure on her brain.
那個囊腫正在引起腫脹，壓迫著她的大腦。