喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ɪmˈpɔːrtns/ · /ɪmˈpɔːtəns/重要性

    The quality of being important; how much value, effect, or meaning something has.

    「importance」是形容詞 important（重要的）的名詞形式，講的是「一件事有多重要、多值得重視」。最常搭配 of：the importance of...（……的重要性）；也常說 attach importance to sth（重視某件事）。程度可以用 great、vital 加強。

    示範例句 · Example

    Our teacher always talks about the importance of asking questions in class.

    中文翻譯我們的老師總是談論在課堂上發問的重要性。

    常見搭配

    • the importance of something

      某事的重要性

      how much something matters

      She understands the importance of a good night's sleep.

    • attach importance to something

      重視某件事

      to think something is important

      The school attaches great importance to kindness.

    • of great/vital importance

      非常重要

      very important

      Clean water is of vital importance to everyone.

    • of no importance

      一點也不重要

      not important at all

      The colour of the box is of no importance.

    • growing importance

      日益重要

      becoming more important over time

      Everyone can see the growing importance of the internet in school.

    意思相反

    unimportanceinsignificancetriviality

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle English importaunce, from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia; import + -ance.

源自中古英文 importaunce，來自中世紀拉丁文 importantia。

Wiktionary

You can picture importance as how much weight a thing puts on the scale of your attention: the more it can change what happens, the heavier it sits, and the more you have to notice it and deal with it first.

可以想成一件事在你心裡「佔多少份量」。份量越重，它越能左右結果，你就越得先看它、先處理它——importance 量的就是這種「有多要緊、多值得在意」的重量感。

同家族的字

意思相反

unimportanceinsignificancetriviality

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

importancenoun/ɪmˈpɔːtəns/

  • 1

    The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

    • The recording speed is also of importance in detecting flutters of high frequency.
  • 2

    significance or prominence.

  • 3

    personal status or standing.

  • 4

    Something of importance.

    • It was incessant matter for amazement how these Olympians would talk over our heads - during meals, for instance - of this or the other social or political inanity, under the delusion that these pale phantasms of reality were among the importances of life.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。