important

important
インポータント
きんよう 緊要
じゅうだい 重大
じゅうよう 重要
おおごと 大事
たいせつ 大切
かにょう 肝要
きにょう 緊要
* * *
/impɔ́ː(r)t(ə)nt/ 〔中へ(im)運ぶ(port)程の(ant). cf. ⇒ deport 〕〈派〉importance(名)
〖形〗
1 〈物・事が〉〔…にとって/…するのに〕重要な, 大切な; 価値のある, 評価の高い; 重大な影響をもつ〔to, for/in doing〕《◆原則として対象・方向にはto, forは不定詞の意味上の主語を表す》(◇[類] considerable, momentous, significant, weighty)(⇔unimportant)

~ decisions 重大な決定

~ books 注目に値する本

His cooperation is very ~ to me[for the plan, in achieving a great success]. 彼の協力が私[その計画, 大成功を収める]には非常に大事なことだ

It is ~ for him to get the job. = For him to get the job is ~. = It is ~ that he gets [(should) get, xwill get] the job. =((まれ)) That he gets [(should) get] the job is ~. 彼が職を得ることは重要なことだ

The ~ thing is to do it at once. 大事なのはすぐにそれをやることだ

It's ~ what we do [xwill do]. 我々が何をするかということが大切なことだ.

◇[語法]
(1) shouldを用いるのは((主に英)).
(2) 次の表現も可能: It is ~ to [for] him that he gets the job. =To get the job is ~ for him. 《◆xHe is ~ to get the job. は不可》.
2 〈人・地位・肩書きなどが〉有力な, 地位の高い

cultivate the ~ people お偉(えら)方に交際を求める.

3 尊大な, 横柄な

an ~ busybody えらそうなおせっかいやき

She has an ~ air about her. 彼女にはいばった様子がある(=There is something ~ about her. ).

4 ((略式))[比較級・最上級で文修飾語として文頭で] より[最も]重要なことには

More ~ [Most ~ (of all)]() より[最も]重要なことには彼は秘密を知っている《◆What is more [most] ~ is that … の短縮形》

I~, for our purpose... 我々の目的のために重要なことには….

(what is) more important
⇒ what〖代〗2c .

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