Civil service reform, however,was an important issue.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

I like to have something I can rely on, but it is an important issue.

但是这确实是，一个非常重要的事情。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

I think that global warming is an extremely important issue for our time.

我觉得全球变暖是我们时代一个极其重要的问题。

全球变暖和发达国家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And since it was eighteen eighty-eight -- a presidential election year -- the tariff became an important election issue.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

I took my role to sniff that out, and to make sure the president heard 2 and 4 on an important issue, and was able to make the decision himself.

我的作用就是发现这些，保证总统可以听到2和4这两个观点4,在一些重要问题上，然后他能自己做决定。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But a few months before the election, a labor dispute exploded into an important campaign issue.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

He noted,however,that the U.S. considers Iran to be an important player related to Afghanistan, and sees the issue as a very productive area for engagement in the future Anticipating President Barack Obama's Strategic Review on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh said Iran expects measurable change, not rhetoric from the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27