He has a "big head." A person who is filled with his own importance and pride is said to have "his nose in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

We have already encountered on some level the importance of the figure of eating to John Milton. Think of Comus.

我们已经在某种程度上见识到了,对于弥尔顿来说吃的形象的重要性，想想司酒宴之神。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Because if we recognize that there are things in the world which have intrinsic value and importance and what we call beauty.

因为如果我们承认世界上有这么,我们称为“美“的东西，其本质上就无价且珍贵。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Health experts have long noted the importance of physical activity.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Now in music as you probably know-- we've already talked a little bit about this-- we have the importance of the beat.

你们也许知道在音乐中节拍很重要,我们已经讨论过一些,节拍的问题

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Yet technology can have special importance in some cases.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

but they no longer have the importance that they once did because they no longer manage the currency.

但是它们再也没有当初的重要的地位,因为它们不再管理货币了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Some people say the mosquito nets have heat, and we are actually explaining to them the importance of the mosquito net,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Now I am mentioning these dates here because the dates on which Milton wrote and published his poems, the temporal sequence of these publications, have a peculiar and particular importance for the poet.

我为什么要在这里提到这些日期,因为创作和出版诗的日期，和当时的顺序，对一个诗人有特殊的重要性。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"At every stop,we have emphasized the importance of fulfilling what President Obama said in his historic speech in Ghana: The future of Africa is up to the Africans,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

Finally, I just want to say that I've been talking mainly about the U.S., but mutual funds have been growing in importance around the world.

总之,我想要说的是,虽然我们谈的主要是美国,但在全世界,共同基金的重要性在日益增强

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Secretary Clinton said the U.S and Russia will continue to have disagreements, but added the treaty is an example of deep and substantive cooperation on a matter of vital importance.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

You may have a false impression of the importance of credit unions.

对于信用合作社的重要性,你们可能会有错误的印象

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"This is not only a strategic interest of the United States, it is an issue of personal importance to me, and one I have worked on for almost four decades,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Some shipping companies have begun sending their ships along different routes to avoid areas nearby the Somali shore, but the importance of the Gulf of Aden route has kept many more still braving its waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26