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单词 import
释义 im·port
I. \(ˈ)im|pō(ə)r]t, əmˈp-, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə], -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English importen, from Latin importare to bring or carry into, introduce, cause, from in- in- (II) + portare to carry — more at port
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to bear or convey as purport, meaning, information, or portent : mean, signify
  < his words imported that some change in plans had to be made >
  < the verse then would import that the riders have let their freedom … get out of hand — Warren Carrier >
 b. archaic : express, state
 c. : to involve as a consequence or inevitable concomitant : imply
  < honor imports justice >
2. : to bring from a foreign or external source : introduce from without
 < food imported into the city from surrounding farms >
 < another murder case … distinguished by the local animosities sought to be imported into the trial — H.W.H.Knott >
 < imported some college boys for the dance >
especially : to bring (as wares or merchandise) into a place or country from another country
 < a business that imported toys from Japan >
 < imported wheat during the grain shortage >
 < Icelanders … imported the literature of the Continent, translating it into their own tongue — Charlton Laird >
 < Canada also imports a great many leading scientists — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development >
— opposed to export
3. [Middle French importer, from Old Italian importare, from Latin] archaic : to be of importance or consequence to : have to do with : have a bearing on : concern
intransitive verb
[Middle French importer] : to be of moment or consequence : matter
 < it imports little that we are early or late >
Synonyms: see mean
II. \ˈimˌp-\ noun
(-s)
1. : something contained as signification or intention : purport, meaning
 < trying vainly to fathom the import of the speaker's words >
 < a gesture whose import he knew immediately >
2. : weight, consequence, significance
 < less concerned about the literary value of his books than about their social import >
 < a man of great import >
3. : something (as an article of merchandise) brought in from an outside source (as a foreign country)
 < the car was a British import — Frances G. Patton >
 < chief imports were machinery and vehicles, raw wool and cotton — Americana Annual >
4. : importation
 < a proclamation allowing the import of an additional 51 million pounds of peanuts — Time >
Synonyms: see importance
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