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Importation Sold Goods U.S 英 ˌɪmpɔː'Teɪʃn] 美 ˌɪmpɔː'Teɪʃn N.进口

英语单词 importation
英美音标 英 [ˌɪmpɔː'teɪʃn] 美 [ˌɪmpɔː'teɪʃn]
中文释义 n.进口
英语例句 (1) If the corn comes in well, we don't need importation.
(2) The importation of tobacco is the country's largest imports.
(3) A ban on the importation of drugs had been issued recently.
中文例句 (1) 如果玉米收成好的话,我们就不需进口了。
(2) 烟草进口是这个国家最大的进口商品。
(3) 最近已经颁布了禁止进口毒品的法令。
vocabulary简明 Importation is what happens when goods are purchased from a foreign country to be sold at home. The importation of cars into the U.S. is what makes it possible for you to buy a Honda or a BMW.
vocabulary扩展 If two countries have a trade agreement, it means they've worked out a deal for importation and exportation. When lobster is shipped from Maine and sold in China, that's exportation, and when macarons are baked in Paris and sold in New York, that's U.S. importation. The noun importation comes from the verb import, which first meant "convey information" and then "bring in goods from abroad," from the Latin portare, "to carry."

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