importance

重要性

物事がどれほど大切か、また人や出来事にどれほど影響するか。

やさしい英語で： How much something matters or affects people or events.

• We understand its importance.
• He stressed the importance of sleep.
• The exact date is of little importance.

使い方： importance of something/doing something (She explained the importance of washing our hands.); of importance to someone/something (This discovery is of importance to medical research.); attach importance to something (They attach great importance to family meals.)

類義語： significance, value, consequence

反対語： unimportance, insignificance

よく使う表現： importance of something, great importance, of little importance