to affect; to have an influence on
この薬は人体にどんな影響を及ぼすと医者は言ったのですか。
What did the doctor say this medicine would do to the human body?
おそらく、書物がわれわれの人生に対して深い影響を及ぼすのは子供時代だけであろう。
Perhaps books exert a profound influence on our lives only during childhood.
その発見は癌の治療に重大な影響を及ぼすことになるだろう。
That discovery will have significant implications for cancer treatment.
それは我々の生活に重大な影響を及ぼす。
It will have a significant impact on our lives.