Word
Этот договор может оказать влияние на глобальную экологию.
Meaning
This treaty might exert an influence on global ecology.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Этот договор может оказать влияние на глобальную экологию.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
на
on, at / by (transport) / to (a place) / to (in answer to)
договор
contract / treaty
мочь
to be able to
Questions & Answers about Этот договор может оказать влияние на глобальную экологию.
Why use оказать влияние instead of just the verb повлиять?
Оказать влияние (to exert an influence) is a formal analytical predicate. It means the same thing as повлиять, but it sounds much more official and academic. You will often see these "light verb + noun" constructions in news, legal texts, and formal writing instead of their single-verb equivalents.
Why is it оказать (perfective) here and not оказывать (imperfective)?
Even in a light verb construction, aspect rules still apply. We use the perfective оказать because the sentence is talking about a single, potential future result (this treaty might exert an influence). If it were an ongoing, general, or repeated influence, you would use the imperfective оказывать влияние.
Does оказать влияние use the same preposition and case as the verb влиять?
Yes! Both the simple verb (влиять/повлиять) and the formal noun phrase (оказать влияние) take the preposition на + Accusative case to show what is being influenced. Here, that target is на глобальную экологию (on global ecology).
What other nouns are commonly used with the verb оказать?