1. Importance（重要性） -- 最通用词汇，指事物具有的价值或影响力 -- 搭配：attach importance to（重视）/ of great importance（极其重要） -- 例：The importance of education cannot be overstated. （教育的重要性怎么强调都不为过）
2. Consequence（重要性；后果） -- 强调事物带来的结果或影响（常含负面暗示） -- 搭配：a matter of consequence（重要事项）/ take the consequences（承担后果） -- 例： ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Importance】 , 【consequence】 , 【moment】 , 【weight】 , 【significance】 , 【import】 are comparable when they denote the quality or the character or the state of someone or something that impresses others as of great or sometimes eminent worth, value, or influence.
【Importance】 , probably the most inclusive of these terms, implies a judgment of the mind by which superior value or influence is ascribed to a person or thing.
【Consequence】 (see also EFFECT ) is often used interchangeably with 【importance】 especially in implying superior social rank or distinction <men of 【consequence】 > but it usually implies 【importance】 because of the thing's possible or probable outcome, effects, or results.
【Moment】 implies conspicuous or self-evident 【consequence】 .
【Weight】 implies a judgment of the relatively great 【importance】 or of the particular 【moment】 of the thing under consideration.
【Significance】 and 【import】 are often used as though they were indistinguishable in meaning from 【importance】 or 【consequence】 , but they typically imply a quality or character in a person or thing which ought to mark it as of 【importance】 or 【consequence】 but which may or may not be recognized; thus, one may miss the 【significance】 of an occurrence; one may recognize the 【import】 of a piece of testimony.
