importing

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A noun referring to the commercial activity of purchasing and bringing goods into a country from abroad.

• 🇨🇳指从国外购买并输入商品到本国的商业活动。也泛指引进或输入的行为。

1. Commercial activity of bringing goods from abroad B2 formal

   The business or process of purchasing and bringing products or services from a foreign country for sale or use.

   • The company specializes in the importing of electronic components from Asia.
   • Importing luxury goods can be subject to high tariffs.
   • The government introduced new regulations to simplify the importing of medical supplies.

   🇨🇳进口

   同义词: importimportation

   反义词: exporting

• importing's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of bringing goods, services, or data into a country or system from abroad or an external source.

• 🇨🇳指将商品、服务或数据从国外或外部来源引入本国或本系统的动作。也指在计算机中把外部数据或文件载入程序或系统。

1. Bring goods from abroad B1 formal

   To bring goods or services into a country from another country for sale or use.

   • The company imports coffee from Brazil.
   • Many countries import oil to meet their energy needs.
   • They import electronics from China and sell them locally.

   🇨🇳进口

   同义词: bring inintroduce

   反义词: export

2. Transfer data B2 formal IT

   To bring data from one system, program, or format into another.

   • You can import the spreadsheet into the database.
   • The software allows you to import photos from your camera.
   • He imported the contacts from his old phone to the new one.

   🇨🇳导入

   同义词: bring iningestloadpull inread

   反义词: export

• imported past participle
• imported past simple
• importing present participle
• imports third person singular