exports
exports — verb
1. When a company or country exports goods, it sends them to a different country so
When a company or country exports goods, it sends them to a different country so that buyers there can purchase them.
Japan exports cars and electronic parts to over a hundred countries every year.
export + product + to + country
The Watanabe family farm exports green tea leaves directly to small cafes in Paris.
Vietnam exports more coffee than almost any other country in the world.
Eitan's company exports olive oil to supermarket chains across Northern Europe.
Brazilian factories export iron ore and soybeans to buyers in China each month.
- ship
broader; covers any sending of goods, domestic or international
- sell abroad
phrasal alternative; foregrounds the commercial side
- import
opposite direction: bringing goods in from another country
文法句型
export + noun + to + country
用法筆記
Subject is usually a country, company, region, or farm rather than an individual person. Object is a commodity or product, often a plural mass noun.
常見錯誤
2. To export an idea, fashion, or way of doing things means to make it become known
To export an idea, fashion, or way of doing things means to make it become known and used in other countries beyond where it began.
South Korea has exported its pop music style to teenagers all around the world.
object is a cultural product, not a physical good
Sofia argued that France successfully exports its café culture along with its wine.
American fast-food chains have exported their menus and dining habits to nearly every continent.
The Nordic countries have exported their school designs to many other governments.
文法句型
export + abstract noun + to + place
用法筆記
Object is an abstract noun (culture, style, music, religion, system) rather than a physical product. Distinguish from sense 1, which always takes physical goods.
3. On a computer, to export a file or data means to save it as a new copy using a d
On a computer, to export a file or data means to save it as a new copy using a different file type so another program or device can open it.
Élise exported the spreadsheet as a PDF before emailing it to her supervisor.
export + object + as + format
You can export your contacts from the phone to a small file on the laptop.
export + data + from + device + to + device
Sora taught the new staff how to export their charts into the company report template.
After the survey closed, Bilal exported all the answers to a single backup file.
- import
opposite direction: bring data into a program from outside
文法句型
export + data + to / as + format
用法筆記
Object is digital data (file, spreadsheet, contacts, photos). Almost always paired with a destination format or location. Distinguish from sense 1 (physical goods) and sense 2 (cultural ideas).
常見錯誤
exports — noun
1. An export is a product that a country sells to buyers in other countries; the wo
An export is a product that a country sells to buyers in other countries; the word also names the whole business of sending such products overseas.
Coffee and bananas are among the most valuable exports for many countries in Central America.
plural use: country's main exports
Last year, Jack reported that car exports from Germany reached a record high.
Oil remains the single biggest export for several countries in the Middle East.
Hugo studies the export business and visits ports in Rotterdam every summer.
The new tax rules will affect Vietnam's rice exports to neighbouring countries.
- shipment
narrower; refers to a single delivery rather than the trade in general
- overseas sales
business register; emphasises the revenue side
- import
goods brought in from another country
文法句型
country's main exports
export of + commodity
用法筆記
Plural 'exports' usually refers to the goods themselves; singular 'export' often refers to one commodity or to the activity as a whole. Frequently paired with a country name as possessor.
常見錯誤
exports — adjective
1. Used before a noun to say that something is connected with sending goods to othe
Used before a noun to say that something is connected with sending goods to other countries — for example, an export licence, an export market, or an export tax.
Minh needed an export licence before her workshop could ship the carved figures to Canada.
attributive: export + noun
The government raised export taxes on rare metals to support local factories.
Shanti's office handles all the export paperwork for the small tea cooperative.
European wine makers are searching for new export markets in Southeast Asia.
- overseas
more general; can also be used attributively for travel or study
- import
describes goods or papers for bringing things into a country
文法句型
export + noun
用法筆記
Attributive only — always sits directly before the noun it modifies. Cannot be used after 'be' (you cannot say 'the licence is export'). Typical nouns: licence, tax, market, paperwork, ban, price.