首页significantsignificant的意思
significant
英 [sɪg'nɪfɪk(ə)nt]
美[sɪɡ'nɪfɪkənt]
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实用场景例句
- adj. 重大的；有效的；有意义的；值得注意的；意味深长的
- n. 象征；有意义的事物
助记提示
1、sign- + -ificant(复合后缀).
中文词源
significant 重要的，有意义的
sign,标记，记号，-fic,做，使，词源同 fact,efficient.引申比喻词义重要的，有意义的等。
英文词源
- significant (adj.)
- 1570s, "having a meaning," from Latin significantem (nominative significans, present participle of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). Earlier in the same sense was significative (c. 1400). Often "having a special or secret meaning," hence "important" (1761). Related: Significantly. Significant figure is from 1680s. Significant other (n.) attested by 1961, in psychology, "the most influential other person in the patient's world."
双语例句
- 1. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
- 今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。
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- 2. The learner's attention needs to be directed to the significant features.
- 需要将学习者的注意力引向那些着重点上。
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- 3. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
- 这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。
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- 4. It was clear that there was significant support for the Islamists.
- 显然伊斯兰教徒获得了相当多的支持。
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- 5. Two significant constants have been found in a number of research studies.
- 若干研究已经发现了两个重要常量。
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