important

通常表示“重要的、具有关键价值的”；在少见的旧式用法中，也可形容人或举止自命不凡、故作重要。

💡 记忆钩子

把重要的东西想成“有分量”的东西：事情有分量，就是重要；人若刻意把自己说得分量特别重，就显得自命不凡、故作重要。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“重要的”这一核心义；不要把它机械地理解成“紧急的”，重要的事情不一定需要立刻处理。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 重要的；关键的

📖 指某人或某事很有分量，对结果、决定或生活有明显影响，因此值得特别重视。它不只表示“有用”，还可以表示在某个情境中不可忽视或起关键作用。

💡 常用“be important to + 人/事物”表示“对……重要”，用“be important for + 人 + to do”表示“对某人做某事很重要”。也常用“an important decision/part/reason”修饰名词，说明其关键作用；不要把它只用于人物地位，也不要把“important for doing”误当成所有场合都自然的表达。

It is important for new drivers to check their mirrors regularly.

新司机定期检查后视镜很重要。

This small detail is important to the success of the project.

这个小细节对项目的成功很重要。
rare 自命不凡的；故作重要的

📖 这是旧式或文学性的用法，指人故意摆出很有身份、很有分量的样子；核心仍是“把自己的分量摆得过重”。

💡 常见于文学描写或带讽刺意味的表达中，现代日常英语通常不用它单独表示“自命不凡”。若要表达这种负面评价，现代语境更常使用专门表示傲慢或自负的词；不要把这个少见义误套到普通的“重要的”语境里。

obsolete

more important comparative importanter comparative,nonstandard,uncommon most important superlative importantest nonstandard,superlative,uncommon

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; ;

同义词集: crucial important

a crucial moment in his career

a crucial election

a crucial issue for women

近似: critical, decisive, life-and-death, life-or-death, pivotal, polar 参见: critical, decisive, essential

of great significance or value;

同义词集: important of import

important people

the important questions of the day

反义: unimportant 近似: all important(p), all-important(a), alpha, beta, big, cardinal, central, consequential, crucial, distinguished, essential, eventful, fundamental, grand, grave, great, grievous, heavy, historic, key, measurable, of the essence(p), outstanding, primal, serious, strategic, weighty 参见: essential, significant, valuable

having or suggesting a consciousness of high position;

同义词集: important

recited the decree with an important air

took long important strides in the direction of his office

having authority or ascendancy or influence;

同义词集: authoritative important

an important official

the captain's authoritative manner

近似: influential

important in effect or meaning; ; ; ;

同义词集: significant important

a significant change in tax laws

a significant change in the Constitution

a significant contribution

significant details

statistically significant

反义: insignificant, unimportant 近似: earthshaking, epoch-making, epochal, fundamental, large, momentous, monumental, notable, noteworthy, operative, portentous, prodigious, profound, remarkable, world-shaking, world-shattering 参见: meaningful, of import

🌳 词源

源自中古英语，最终来自中世纪拉丁语，原本与“带来、具有分量”有关。

From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English hēah and hefiġ.

🔄 变式

importanter compar importantest superl more important compar most important superl

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