施加 shījiā to exert (effort or pressure)
How to remember 施加: 施 to grant + 加 to add = to exert (effort or pressure).
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How it is used
- To exert / bring to bear - 施加压力 (shījiā yālì) apply pressure, 施加影响 (shījiā yǐngxiǎng) exert influence.
- Almost always with abstract objects (pressure, influence, force). Formal; you 'impose' an effect onto a target with 对...施加.