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重要性
Importance
When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.
当你花了生命中重要的一部分来玩“让我们来假装”时，往往很容易看到不存在的象征意义。
For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song.
对史提夫来说，文字是最重要的;这首歌是围绕歌词的，而不是围绕歌词的。
You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.
你知道得很清楚，除非你是科学家，理论的形状要比它的真实性重要得多。
Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.
因为我来自牙买加这样的一个地方，它是一个小型的开放经济体，我发自内心地理解全球经济的重要性。
You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.
当你是一个家庭的母亲时，你就是一个最重要的人。只要做好你的工作，你的孩子就会爱你。
Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.
教练可以帮助你评估你现在在生活的各个方面所处的位置，以及与你想要达到的目标相比，你现在的状态如何。
I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
我总是写对我重要的事情。我认为，我们过去的成功表明，它对其他许多人也很重要。
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
诚实是影响个人、公司或产品最终成功的最单一、最重要的因素。
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
被剥夺作出重要决定的机会的人，开始把他被允许作出的决定视为重要的决定。
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
不要以恶人为朋友，不要以小人为朋友。要以仁德为朋友，要以最好的人为朋友。
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
对我来说，动物的命运比害怕显得可笑更重要;它与人类的命运密不可分。
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
我告诉学生，我所拥有的机会是因为我有良好的教育背景。教育能让你脱颖而出。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A middle class is so important to a society that its value cannot be overestimated.
中产阶级对一个社会是如此重要，其价值不能被高估。
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
不要承担一个项目，除非它是明显重要的，几乎是不可能的。
We often make the mistake of regarding as most important that which is most pressing.
我们经常犯这样的错误，把最重要的事情看成是最紧迫的事情。
Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
努力工作是很重要的。如果不努力工作，你将一事无成。
The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.
房子本身并不重要。它与社区的关系才是真正重要的。
It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.
维护社会保障的财政完整性的重要性怎么强调也不过分。