Oldal 73 [73]
HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH GRAMMATICAL CONTRASTS: THE NOUN PHRASE
Learner’s definition of IMPORT’?
1a [count]: something that is imported: a product brought into a country to be sold
there
¢ This car is an import from Italy.
+ They sell luxury imports from around the world.
b [noncount]: the act of importing something: IMPORTATION
s laws affecting the import of foreign goods
s an import tax
The difference between import and imports can also be studied in this sentence:
Import means the import of goods from abroad by a legitimate way. Often,
states in the interests of their companies establish restrictions for imports.
Az import a külföldről származó áruk törvényes úton történő behozatalát
jelenti. Gyakran előfordul, hogy az államok a vállalataik érdekében korlá¬
tozásokat vezetnek be az importra vonatkozóan.
In the Hungarian translation the meaning of import is synonymous with im¬
portäläs, behozatal (‘importation’) in the first sentence. In the second, it is
synonymous with importdlt druk (‘imported goods’).
5.3 THE ARTICLES — PREVIEW
SUPPLY ARTICLES, WHERE NECESSARY:
___ Ships/ships of __ desert. ____ Camels/camels were domesticated more
than 3,000 years ago, and to this day, humans depend on them for __
transport across___ arid environments. They can easily carry ___ extra 200
pounds (90 kilograms) while walking 20 miles (32 kilometers)___ day in__
harsh desert. ____ Camels/camels travel as fast as___ horses but can also
endure ___ legendary periods of ___ time without ___ food or _ water. __
Humans have used ___ camels for their wool, milk, meat, leather, and even
dung, which can be used for___ fuel.
___ D/dromedary camel, also known as __ Arabian camel, exists today
only as __a domesticated animal. About 90 percent of ___ world’s camels
are___ dromedaries. There are two types of ___ Bactrian camels: wild and
domesticated. __ W/wild Bactrian camels are much trimmer, with smaller
humps and less hair, than ____ domesticated Bactrian camels**.
3 https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/import Last accessed 14.12.2022.
33 https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/camel. Last accessed 05.12.2020.
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