Government,community and business leaders have pushed for teaching young people about the importance of saving, budgets and the true cost of credit.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

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

They are creatures of majesty and dignity And they are of importance to, objects of concern for, the god who has created them.

他们是庄严而有尊严的生物,他们也非常重要，是关怀的对象，被那些创造他们的上帝关怀。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The way it filled up her worn money holder gave her a feeling of importance that she had not enjoyed for years.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The writers on the syllabus consistently try to imagine a way to make those claims, make those claims for the primacy and the importance of what they do.

大纲里的作家一直在尝试,设想出一种方法来提出要求，把他们写的书放在首要地位,使他们的要求得到重视。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The eighty-hectare cemetery also serves as a burial place for people of national and historical importance.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Now next time, in my lecture on introducing you to Judaism, I'll talk about the importance of at least two of these empires, because they're very important for the history of Palestine and Israel at this time.

下次课讲犹太教时，我会讲到至少其中两个帝国的重要性，因为他们对当时,巴勒斯坦及以色列影响非常大。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

He spoke about the importance of preserving folk songs for future generations.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

And that is the importance of situation we create or that is created for us.

那就是我们创造的情境,或为我们创造的情境的重要性。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

President Obama has stressed the importance of education for all Americans.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Relative importance given to these different things, there's 20% for your homework, 30% for the Midterm, which will be sometime in October, and 50% for the Final.

这门课的成绩会由以下几部分构成,平时作业占20%,期中考试占30%,期中有时在10月份考,期末考试占50%

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Maya Lin knew that history is very important for us, while we also want to emphasize the importance of looking forward. With this in mind, Maya Lin designed the building so that it has two entrances.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Now,I don't in any way want to belittle the importance of the pain and suffering that happen for the rest of us when somebody that we care about dies.

我不想对我们在乎的人过世时,我们所经历的伤痛进行贬低。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The importance of the country's flora and fauna was one reason for this exhibit.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

If you doubt the importance of the study of political ideas for politics consider the works of a famous economist John Maynard Keynes : everyone's heard of him. Keynes wrote in 1935.

如果你怀疑政治思维研究的重要性,试着研读,著名经济学家的著作，凯因斯,每个人都认识吧，凯因斯在1935年写道。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"I spoke with a lot of Afghans during the last year and I think there is one thing that for most of them is of crucial importance,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"I believe on the state side there has been underfunding and under-recognition of the importance and need for funding public defense for the indigent for a long time,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"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

Clifford May at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies says he hopes the Obama administration understands the importance of a regional approach, and of trying to encourage India and Pakistan to work together."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06