- [countable, usually plural]
a product or service that is brought into one country from another 進口；輸入的産品（或勞務） - import from…
food imports from abroad 從外國進口的食物 - import into/to…
cheap imports into the United States 廉價進口到美國
Collocations The economyThe economy 經濟 Managing the economy 管理經濟 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理經濟 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促進投資／支出／就業／增長速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求／經濟／工業 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削減投資／支出／借貸 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
減少／遏制通貨膨脹 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
創造／刺激增長／需求／繁榮／泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓勵／促進／刺激／抑制創新／競爭 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓勵私營部門；與私營部門合作／競爭 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加／促進美國／農業出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止／限制／阻止廉價／國外進口産品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
經濟增長／擴張／收縮／萎縮／放緩／複蘇／改善／繁榮 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受經濟／住房／房地産的繁榮期
Economic problems 經濟問題 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
擡高價格／成本；加劇通貨膨脹 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破壞工業／經濟 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起／導致／進入／避開經濟衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
經歷／遭受經濟衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通貨膨脹／通貨緊縮／失業 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
導致／造成通貨膨脹／貧窮／失業 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成／引爆住房／股票市場泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盤／銀行系統崩潰 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面臨／陷入財政／經濟危機 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入／經歷周期性繁榮與蕭條
Public finance 公共財政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加／大幅削減／削減公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高／降低稅收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高／降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放寬／收緊貨幣政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡（州／聯邦）預算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
達到／保持預算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有（4 萬億美元的）預算赤字／盈餘 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%. 美國已將從中東進口的石油量削減了 73%。 Imports were valued at £516 million last month. 上個月的進口額爲 5.16 億英鎊。 Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic. 輸入該共和國的貨物加征了特别關稅。 The value of annual imports rose rapidly. 全年進口額增長迅速。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- major
- foreign
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- boost
- cut
- limit
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- grow
- increase
- rise
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- ban
- control
- restrictions
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- import from
- import into
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
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- import from…
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the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another （産品、勞務的）進口，輸入，引進 The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste. 這篇報道呼籲禁止危險廢棄物的進口。 imports of oil 石油的進口 import duties/tariffs 進口稅/關稅 import controls/restrictions/quotas 進口控制/限制/配額 an import licence 進口許可證
A restricted import quota was set for meat products. 肉類産品有進口配額限制。 the UK's net imports of food 英國食品淨進口 Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods. 他們的石油收益大多用於進口消費品和資本財貨。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- main
- major
- foreign
- …
- boost
- cut
- limit
- …
- grow
- increase
- rise
- …
- ban
- control
- restrictions
- …
- import from
- import into
- a ban on imports
- a restriction on imports
- the demand for imports
- …
- [uncountable] (formal)
importance 重要性 matters of great import 非常重要的事情
- [singular] the import (of something) (formal)
the meaning of something, especially when it is not immediately clear 意思；含意
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘signify’): from Latin importare ‘bring in’ (in medieval Latin ‘imply, mean, be of consequence’), from in- ‘in’ + portare ‘carry’.