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| 1 | something that is important has a major effect on someone or something , for example because it affects someone’ s life or the way a situation develops 重要的；重大的；有重大影响的 |
| Music was an important part of the life of the community. 音乐是社区生活的一个重要部分。 |
| +to Your interest and support are important to your child. 你的兴趣与支持对你的孩子很重要。 |
| +for Winning the game yesterday was important for the team’ s morale. 昨天那场比赛的胜利对鼓舞全队的士气很重要。 |
| it is important (that) It is vitally important that they receive all the help available. 极为重要的是他们要得到所有可能得到的帮助。 |
| it is important to do sth It is important to stress that the study only involved a small number of people. 很有必要强调的是，该项研究只涉及一小部分人。 |
| be important in doing sth Information and support are important in helping people deal with serious illness. 信息和支持在帮助人们对付重病时是很重要的。 |
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| 2 | important people have a lot of influence or power （人物）重要的，有势力的，有影响的 |
| We can’ t afford to lose such an important customer. 我们承受不起失去一位这么重要的客户。 |
| Words frequently used with important | | important 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | crucially, extremely, most, particularly, terribly, vitally, | 1 | | nouns | aspect, element, factor, feature, issue, part, point, | 1 | | | |
| Metaphor | | | | | | Being important is like being large or heavy . Being unimportant is like being small or light . | | 重要就好比个头大(large) 或分量重(heavy)。 不重要就好比个头小(small) 或分量轻(light)。 | | This is a big opportunity for me.这对我是一个大好机会。
He is the greatest writer of the twentieth century.他是20世纪最伟大的作家。
It is a sizeable/massive achievement.这是一项了不起的成就。
These are weighty matters.这些是很有分量的事情。
Her ideas carry a lot of weight with the boss .她的想法对老板的影响很大。
She’ s a performer who has grown in stature.她是一位技艺高超的演员。
They are the only intellectual heavyweights in the government.他们是这届政府中唯一的知识精英。
I have two little points to make.我有两小点要说明。
There are some tiny mistakes to correct.有些小错误需要纠正。
The novel seems very lightweight/thin/slight.这本小说似乎分量太轻/太过单薄/太过轻微。
I don’ t expect you to be impressed – it must seem very small beer/potatoes to you.我没指望会给你留下很深的印象——这对你来说肯定是微不足道的。
I’ d rather be a big fish in a little pond than the other way around.我宁愿做小池塘里的大鱼，也不愿做大池塘里的小鱼。
| | See also ->success | | | |
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