1 [C] [usu.pl] a product or service that is brought into one country from another 进口的货物;输入的劳务:
What are your country's major imports?你们国家主要进口些什么? [OPP] export 反义词为export
2 [U] (also importation) the act of bringing goods or services into a country 进口;输入:
new controls on the import of certain goods from abroad限制某些国外产品进口的新措施
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/ɪmˈpɔ:t ||; ɪmˈpɔrt/verb[I,T]
1import sth (from...) to buy goods, etc from a foreign country and bring them into your own country 进口 [T]
imported goods 进口货Britain imports wine from France/Italy/Spain.英国从法国╱意大利╱西班牙输入葡萄酒。 (figurative 比喻)We need to import some extra help from somewhere.我们需要从什么地方找些额外的人手来帮忙。 [OPP] export 反义词为export
2 (computing计算机技术) to move information onto a program from another program 输入(数据)
➔importernoun [C]
[OPP] exporter 反义词为exporter
import1/ˋImpɔrt; ˈImpɔːt/n [C,U] something that is brought into a country in order to be sold, or the process of doing this [ export ] 进口商品﹔进口: Car imports have risen. 进口汽车数量有所上升。the import of luxury goods 奢侈品的进口import restrictions/controls etc 进口限制/管制等
import2/Imˋpɔrt; Imˈpɔːt/v [T]1 to bring something into a country in order to sell it [ export ] 进口﹐输入: import sth from sth Oil was imported from the Middle East. 石油从中东进口。2 to move information to your computer from another computer 把〔信息从一台电脑〕传输到〔另一台电脑〕—importer n [C] —importation /͵Impɔrˋteʃən; ˌImpɔːˈteIʃ$n/n [U]
importimportimportsimportedimportingverb (imports, importing, imported)to buy things from another country and bring them into your country: Britain imports oranges from Spain.oppositeexport▶ importnoun: What are your country's main imports?oppositeexport▶ importerimporterimportersnoun: an importer of electrical goods