nounX8r中文字网
一. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign countryX8r中文字网
Synonym: importationX8r中文字网
二. having important effects or influenceX8r中文字网
e.g. decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
virtue is of more moment than security
that result is of no consequenceX8r中文字网
Synonym: consequencemomentX8r中文字网
三. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferredX8r中文字网
e.g. the significance of his remark became clear only later
the expectation was spread both by word and by implicationX8r中文字网
Synonym: significanceimplicationX8r中文字网
四. the message that is intended or expressed or signifiedX8r中文字网
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 ambiguousX8r中文字网
Synonym: meaningsignificancesignificationX8r中文字网
五. an imported person brought from a foreign countryX8r中文字网
e.g. the lead role was played by an import from Sweden
they are descendants of indentured importeesX8r中文字网
Synonym: importeeX8r中文字网
verbX8r中文字网
一. indicate or signifyX8r中文字网
e.g. I'm afraid this spells trouble!X8r中文字网
Synonym: spellX8r中文字网
二. transfer (electronic data) into a database or documentX8r中文字网
三. bring in from abroadX8r中文字网