They opposed the import taxes -- tariffs -- they had to pay on foreign products.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

This densely tangled thicket of clustered consonants in this amazing couplet is a signal to us of the weight, of the import, of this terrible event.

这个密集杂乱的灌木丛,在这个对句中，弥尔顿给我们传递出一个信号，在这个可怕的事件中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I think the only difference is like they import products for cheaper, right?

我觉得唯一的区别是他们用比较便宜的价格进口商品，对吧？

中国的影响力 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The import taxes had been set high to protect American industries from foreign competition.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

You can see in the New World with maize being important how America has become a corn dominated society, even though it's still true that we raise wheat, we raise other things in the United States, and we can import different foods, corn has become an incredibly important constituent of the diet in the U.S.

你能发现玉米在美洲大陆的重要性,那美洲是怎样变成主食玉米的社会的呢,尽管我们仍然种植小麦,在美国也种植其他粮食,而且我们能进口各种不同食物,但是玉米还是变成了,美国人食谱中不可代替的部分

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"Was Mr. Van Buren for or against the import tax?"

VOA: special.2009.01.01

I think one of the classic ones for strings is called the Rabin-Karp algorithm. And it's simply the same idea that you have a mapping from your import into a set of integers.

我认为字符串哈希,最经典的是Rabin-Karp算法,它只是简单的相同概念,你有一个映射关系将你的输入映射成一组数字。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Trade war?In September, Washington slapped tariffs on tire imports from China, and just last week, imposed new duties on the import of a key Chinese steel product to the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"The most important step is one they're only beginning to take now and that's to prohibit the import and sale of timber which was illegally sourced in the country of origin."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The amended law bans the import of wood products from illegal logging operations, and threatens U.S.companies that violate the law with stiff fines,jail time, and confiscation of their illicitly-traded timber or forest products.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Today,the number is still 40 percent. Part of the problem is that a number of big importers, such as China and Japan, are not doing enough to stop the import and sale of illegal timber.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

And when this happens,sir, the U.S.will be importing food, only there won't be any place from where to import it."

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Local rice production fell after the countries reduced farm supports and import taxes under free market reforms.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

The distribution of money to the states would be suspended if import taxes rose higher than 20%.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Tyler feared that Congress then would raise import taxes to get more money for the federal government.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

And it helped establish the Export-Import Bank to increase trade throughout the Americas.

VOA: special.2011.04.28

Last week the Obama administration placed high import taxes on Chinese tires.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Mister Amaya even buys the flour for his pastas from an American producer so that he does not have to import flour from as far away as Italy.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

And when this happens, the U.S.will be importing food, only there won't be any place from where to import it."

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The new law would lift tariffs on some of the materials U.S.companies must import to make their products.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And other countries are ready to fill the gap. We already import about But the oil spill is expected to drive that number higher.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

President Obama says it is essential for the United States to import less and export more.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

So the WTO said Brazil could retaliate by raising its import tariffs on U.S.agricultural products.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

The shutdown is bad news for the recession-hit country partly because it will lose a source of cheap electricity and be forced to import more expensive energy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Market experts say next year India is likely to try to import three million tons of rice tapping the world market for the first time in 21 years because of a drought.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"Any discussion of settlements, any discussion of the issues of living in East Jerusalem, should not take precedent over the primary focus of import which is the growing threat of a nuclear Iran,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

The amendment would prevent the U.S.Export-Import Bank from entering into any deals with foreign companies that significantly contribute to Iran's refined petroleum resources, part of efforts to pressure Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

"Through our collaborative efforts, and year-long investigation, this public official pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, while at the same time receiving more than $5 million in bribe payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11