import的基本意思是“输入”,用于经贸领域指“进口”,此外还可以指“输入大脑”或“领会”,有时也可表示“意味着”。

import from(v.+prep.)
从…进口buy and bring goods from (another country)
▲import sth from sth
China imports sugar from Cuba.中国从古巴进口食糖。
Many countries import wool from Australia.许多国家从澳大利亚进口羊毛。
That factory imported some machines from Germany last year.去年那家工厂从德国进口了一批机器。

import into(v.+prep.)
进口到… buy and bring goods into(one's own country)
▲import sth into sth
A special duty is placed on goods imported into Britain from any country outside the common market.从共同市场以外的国家进口到英国的货物要征收特别关税。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The country is importing a broad range of skilled personnel.这个国家正在引进各种专业技术人员。
New ideas import little to those not intellectually fitted to received them.新思想对那些思想上适应力差者来说,没有多大教益。
Tell me what your remark imports.告诉我你的话是什么意思。
I should like to know what his action imports.我想知道他的所作所为意味着什么。
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
Such articles cannot be imported.这类物品不能进口。
None of the machines on display here are imported.这里展出的机器没有一件是进口的。

import, bring in
参见bring条。

The import of cotton goods went up sharply.棉织品的进口大大增加了。
We don't like eating food imports.我们不喜欢吃进口食品。
What's the import of the speech?这个演说的意义是什么?

［同义词］ n. importance, meaning, moment
［词源］＜拉丁语importāre(向内运进东西)