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a product or service that is brought into one country from another 进口；输入的产品（或劳务） - import from…
food imports from abroad 从外国进口的食物 - import into/to…
cheap imports into the United States 廉价进口到美国
Collocations The economyThe economy 经济 Managing the economy 管理经济 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理经济 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促进投资／支出／就业／增长速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求／经济／工业 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削减投资／支出／借贷 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
减少／遏制通货膨胀 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
创造／刺激增长／需求／繁荣／泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓励／促进／刺激／抑制创新／竞争 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓励私营部门；与私营部门合作／竞争 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加／促进美国／农业出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止／限制／阻止廉价／国外进口产品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
经济增长／扩张／收缩／萎缩／放缓／复苏／改善／繁荣 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受经济／住房／房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems 经济问题 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
抬高价格／成本；加剧通货膨胀 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破坏工业／经济 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起／导致／进入／避开经济衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
经历／遭受经济衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通货膨胀／通货紧缩／失业 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
导致／造成通货膨胀／贫穷／失业 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成／引爆住房／股票市场泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盘／银行系统崩溃 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面临／陷入财政／经济危机 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入／经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance 公共财政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加／大幅削减／削减公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高／降低税收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高／降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放宽／收紧货币政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡（州／联邦）预算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
达到／保持预算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有（4 万亿美元的）预算赤字／盈余 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1America has cut its oil imports from the Middle East by 73%. 美国已将从中东进口的石油量削减了 73%。 Imports were valued at £516 million last month. 上个月的进口额为 5.16 亿英镑。 Special duties were imposed on imports into the republic. 输入该共和国的货物加征了特别关税。 The value of annual imports rose rapidly. 全年进口额增长迅速。
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…
- [uncountable, plural]
the act of bringing a product or service into one country from another （产品、劳务的）进口，输入，引进 The report calls for a ban on the import of hazardous waste. 这篇报道呼吁禁止危险废弃物的进口。 imports of oil 石油的进口 import duties/tariffs 进口税/关税 import controls/restrictions/quotas 进口控制/限制/配额 an import licence 进口许可证
A restricted import quota was set for meat products. 肉类产品有进口配额限制。 the UK's net imports of food 英国食品净进口 Most of their oil revenues are used to finance imports of consumer and capital goods. 他们的石油收益大多用于进口消费品和资本财货。
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
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- [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’.