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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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- import
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1.
vb
to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country - Compare export
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to bring in from an outside source
- to import foreign words into the language
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3.
vt.
[rare]
to signify or be significant; mean; convey
- to import doom
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4.
n
[often plural]
goods (visible imports) or services (invisible imports) that are bought from foreign countries
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- an import licence
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6.
n
significance or importance
- a man of great import
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7.
n
meaning or signification
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8.
n
[Canadian]
[informal]
a sportsman or -woman who is not native to the country in which he or she plays
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9.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin import
a re to carry in, fromim- + porta re to carry
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1.
vb
to buy or bring in (goods or services) from a foreign country - Compare export
Examples
- Every country has its own regulations for running an import-export business.
- 每个国家对进出口行业都有自己的法律法规。 → business
- They have to import wheat to be able to feed the country.
- 他们得靠进口小麦才够本国人民食用。 → feed
- The cabinet has decided to import wheat, sugar and pulses in an attempt to check rising inflation.
- 为了抑制居高不下的通货膨胀，内阁决定进口小麦、糖和豆类。 → cabinet
- of little/no import
- 无关紧要 → import
- to import foreign words into the language → import
- to import doom → import
- an import licence → import
- a man of great import → import
- 单边进(出)口
- unilateral import (export) → 单边
- 进出口公司
- import and export corporation → 公司
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