import

noun

1. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

Synonym: importation

2. having important effects or influence

e.g. decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
virtue is of more moment than security
that result is of no consequence

Synonym: consequencemoment

3. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

e.g. the significance of his remark became clear only later
the expectation was spread both by word and by implication

Synonym: significanceimplication

4. the message that is intended or expressed or signified

e.g. what is the meaning of this sentence
the significance of a red traffic light
the signification of Chinese characters
the import of his announcement was ambiguous

Synonym: meaningsignificancesignification

5. an imported person brought from a foreign country

e.g. the lead role was played by an import from Sweden
they are descendants of indentured importees

Synonym: importee

verb

1. indicate or signify

e.g. I'm afraid this spells trouble!

Synonym: spell

2. transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

3. bring in from abroad

1. 进口;引进
To import products or raw materials means to buy them from another country for use in your own country.

import的近义词

e.g. Britain last year spent nearly £5000 million more on importing food than selling abroad...
去年英国的进口食品支出比其出口食品收入多出近50亿英镑。
e.g. To import from Russia, a Ukrainian firm needs Russian roubles.
要从俄罗斯进口商品,乌克兰公司就需要俄罗斯卢布。

2. 进口商品;进口货物
Imports are products or raw materials bought from another country for use in your own country.

e.g. ...farmers protesting about cheap imports.
抗议进口廉价商品的农民

3. 重要(性)
The import of something is its importance.

e.g. Who leads Canada is also of some import to the rest of the world...
谁领导加拿大对世界来讲也具有一定的重要性。
e.g. Such arguments are of little import.
这种争论没有什么意义。

4. 导入
If you import files or information into one type of software from another type, you open them in a format that can be used in the new software.

import的翻译

e.g. You can import files from Microsoft Word 5.1 or MacWrite II.
可以从 Microsoft Word 5.1 或 MacWrite II 程序导入文件。

5. 意思;含意
The import of something is its meaning, especially when the meaning is not clearly expressed.

e.g. I have already spoken about the import of his speech.
有关他的讲话的含意我刚刚已经谈过了。

1. 含义：第二段第一句是该段的主题句,该句意为:其(即这一立法的)整体含义(import)可能需要一段时间才为人彻底理解(sink in). 其实,该段的第二句是对第一句更具体的阐释,该句可译为:北部地方州(此处NT是Northern Territory的缩略形式,