| 单词 | imported |
| 释义 | imported (once / 605 pages) adj Something that's imported is produced in one country and brought into another one. When you buy imported olive oil, it may have been made in Spain or Greece and then shipped to the U.S. Some imported items are less expensive than local ones, often because workers are paid less to make them — cheap imported clothing is one example. In other cases, domestic goods cost less because they don't have to travel as far as imported goods, like imported wine from France. The Latin root of imported is importare, "bring in" or "convey," from in-, "into," and portare, "to carry." WORD FAMILYimport: importation, imported, importee, importer, importing, imports+/importation: importations/importee: importees/importer: importers USAGE EXAMPLES“For the first time ever, some imported species will be held to the same standard that domestic wild caught species are,” Lowell said. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Every English elm is descended from a single tree imported by the Romans. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Staples like corn and rice, once exported, now must be imported and arrive in amounts that do not meet the need. New York Times(Jun 19, 2016) adj used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source imported wines Syn foreign, strange relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world |
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