import

import
verb
[with obj.]
  1. bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale
    进口
    most iron ore had to be imported from Spain.
    大多数铁矿石必须从西班牙进口。
    [no obj.]Caribbean countries import from the UK.
    加勒比国家从英国进口。
    ■introduce (an idea) from a different place or context
    传入，引入（思想）
    new beliefs were often imported by sailors.
    新的信仰常由水手传入。
    ■(Computing)transfer (data) into a file or document
    (计算机)输入
  2. (archaic)indicate or signify
    (古)意味，表明
    having thus seen, what is imported in a Man's trusting his Heart.
    这样看来，一个人相信他的内心意味着什么。
    ■express or make known
    表达，传达
    [with clause]they passed a resolution importing that they relied on His Majesty's gracious promise.
    他们通过了一项决意来表达他们仰仗陛下恩赐的允诺。
noun
  1. (一般作 imports)a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale
    进口品
    ■(imports)sales of goods or services brought in from abroad, or the revenue from such sales
    进口品销售；进口品销售收入
    this surplus pushes up the yen, which ought to boost imports.
    盈余使日元上涨，从而必然增加进口品的销售。
    ■[mass noun]the action or process of importing goods or services
    进口
    the import of live cattle from Canada.
    从加拿大对活牲畜的进口。
  2. [in sing.]the meaning or significance of something, especially when not directly stated
    （尤指暗指的）意义，含意
    the import of her message is clear.
    她留言的含意很清楚。
    ■[mass noun]great significance; importance
    重大意义，重要性
    pronouncements of world-shaking import.
    有震惊世界之重大意义的声明。
派生
importable
adjective
importation
noun
importer
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'signify'): from Latin importare 'bring in' (in medieval Latin 'imply, mean, be of consequence'), from in- 'in' + portare 'carry'
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