import
verb [T] [UK]/ɪmˈpɔːt/
[US]/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
I
* to buy or bring in products from another country
进口

1. We import a large number of cars from Japan.
我们从日本进口大量的汽车。
Compare export
* to introduce new goods, customs or ideas to one country from another
引入，引进

1. The fashion for wearing baseball hats was imported directly from the States.
戴棒球帽的潮流是直接从美国传进来的。

specialized
* to copy information from one computer or computer program to another
导入；输入

1. I need to import data from the database into my word processor.
我需要将资料从资料库导入到我的文字处理器中。

2. imported files
导入的文件

noun [UK]/ˈɪm.pɔːt/
[US]/-pɔːrt/
BRINGING IN 引进
I [C]
* goods bought by one country from another
进口商品

1. restrictions on foreign imports
对外国进口商品的限制

I [U] (also importation)
* the action of bringing goods or fashions into a country
进口；输入；引进

1. the illegal importation of drugs
非法的毒品输入

2. an import licence
进口许可证

3. import duties
进口税

noun [UK]/ˈɪm.pɔːt/
[US]/-pɔːrt/
IMPORTANCE 重要性
[U] formal
* importance or meaning
重要性；意义

1. Whether it is to be a 'working' visit or an 'official' visit is of little/no import.
是“工作访问”还是“正式访问”，这并不重要。

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☞ import
im·port noun / 5impC:t; NAmE 5impC:rt /
1. [C, usually pl.] a product or service that is brought into one country from another
   进口；输入的产品(或劳务):
   food imports from abroad
   从外地进口的食物
   OPP  export
2. [U, pl.] the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another
   (产品、劳务的)进口,输入,引进:
   The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste.
   这篇报道呼吁禁止危险废弃物的进口。
   import controls
   进口管制
   an import licence
   进口许可证
   imports of oil
   石油的进口
   OPP  export
3. [U] (formal) importance
   重要性:
   matters of great import
   非常重要的事情
4. the ~ (of sth) [sing.] (formal) the meaning of sth, especially when it is not immediately clear
   意思；含意:
   It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement.
   很难理解这份声明中的全部含意。 verb / im5pC:t; NAmE im5pC:rt /
  ▪ [VN] ~ sth (from...) | ~ sth (into...)
1. to bring a product, a service, an idea, etc. into one country from another
   进口；输入；引进:
   The country has to import most of its raw materials.
   这个国家大多数原料均依赖进口。
   goods imported from Japan into the US
   从日本输入到美国的货品
   customs imported from the West
   从西方传入的风俗习惯
2. (computing 计) to get data from another program, changing its form so that the program you are using can read it
   导入；输入；移入
   OPP  export
• im·port·ation / 7impC:5teiFn; NAmE -pC:r5t- / noun [U, C]
   SYN  import :
   a ban on the importation of ivory
   禁止象牙进口的法令

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import

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE main, major | foreign, overseas | Australian, Japanese, etc. | cheap, low-priced (esp. AmE) | expensive | annual The value of annual ~s rose rapidly. | net the UK's net ~s of food | total | increased | illegal | parallel (esp. BrE) parallel ~s of brand name drugs from Spain into other countries | agricultural, beef, car, coal, energy, food, grain, oil, steel, textile, etc.

• VERB + IMPORT boost pressure on the government to stimulate the faltering economy and boost ~s | cut, limit, reduce, restrict | discourage | control | block, halt, prevent, stop | ban, prohibit The government decided to prohibit the ~ of toxic waste. | allow, permit | finance Most of their oil revenues are used to finance ~s of consumer goods. | replace The industry aims both to increase exports and replace ~s.

• IMPORT + VERB grow, increase, rise | drop, fall | be valued at sth, total sth Imports were valued at £516 million last month. | account for sth Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total ~s.

• IMPORT + NOUN ban, control (esp. BrE), restrictions | duty, tariff | price rising ~ prices | licence/license | quota A restricted ~ quota was set for meat products. | penetration greater ~ penetration of the domestic market

• PREPOSITION ~ from America has cut its oil ~s from the Middle East by 73%. | ~ into Special duties were imposed on ~s into the republic.

• PHRASES a ban on ~s, a restriction on ~s | the demand for ~s | a fall in ~s, a rise in ~s | ~s and exports

II. verb

• ADVERB directly | illegally, legally | specially

• PREPOSITION from The store's croissants are ~ed directly from France. | into These dogs are illegally ~ed into the country. | to goods that are ~ed to Britain

Import is used with these nouns as the subject: country
Import is used with these nouns as the object: file, food, goods, oil, product, slave, waste

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import verb
⇨ sell 2

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import

verb

(stress on the second syllable) the UK imports 95 per cent of its charcoal
BUY FROM ABROAD , bring from abroad, bring in, buy in, ship in, source from abroad.
-opposite(s): EXPORT.

noun

(stress on the first syllable)

1 a tax levied on imports
IMPORTED COMMODITY , foreign commodity, non-domestic commodity.
-opposite(s): EXPORT.

2 a ban on the import of foreign books
IMPORTATION , importing, introduction, bringing in, bringing from abroad, buying from abroad, sourcing from abroad, shipping in.
-opposite(s): EXPORT.

3 a matter of momentous import
IMPORTANCE , significance, consequence, moment, momentousness, magnitude, substance, weight, weightiness, note, noteworthiness, gravity, seriousness.
-opposite(s): INSIGNIFICANCE.

4 Seb suddenly realized the full import of her words
MEANING , sense, essence, gist, drift, purport, message, thrust, substance, sum and substance, implication, signification, point, burden, tenor, spirit; pith, core, nub; informal nitty-gritty.

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import 进口，输入，重要性
im-, 进入，使；port, 港口。即入港，进口，引申词义输入，重要性。

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