importance
/ɪmˈpɔːtəns/noun
mass noun
- the state or fact of being of great significance or value重要性, 重要价值：
the importance of democracy
民主的重要性
count noun the relative importances of the external and internal causes.内因外因的相对重要性。
短语
full of one's own importance
- having a very high opinion of oneself; self-important狂妄自大的, 自视甚高的。
词源
early 16th cent.: from French， from medieval Latin importantia, from important- 'being of consequence'， from the verb importare （see IMPORT）.