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- 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。
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- 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。
1.2
- Computing transfer (data) into a file or document【计算机】输入。
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- 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。
2.1
- express or make known表达, 传达：
with clause they passed a resolution importing that they relied on His Majesty's gracious promise.他们通过了一项决议表达他们仰仗国王陛下仁慈的允诺。
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- （一般作imports）a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale进口品。
1.1
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。
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- mass noun the action or process of importing goods or services进口：
the import of live cattle from Canada.
从加拿大进口活牲畜。
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- 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.
她旨意的含意很清楚。
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- 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。
派生词
importable
adjectiveimportation
nounimporter
noun词源
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'.