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 significance [sig'nifikәns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 重要性, 意义, 意味

[计] 有效; 有效性




    significance
    [ noun ]
    1. the quality of being significant

    2. <noun.attribute>
      do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
    3. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

    4. <noun.cognition>
      the significance of his remark became clear only later
      the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
    5. the message that is intended or expressed or signified

    6. <noun.communication>
      what is the meaning of this sentence
      the significance of a red traffic light
      the signification of Chinese characters
      the import of his announcement was ambiguous


    Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
    n. [L. significantia.]
    1. The quality or state of being significant.

    2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
    significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
    word or expression.

    3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.

    With this brain I must work, in order to give
    significancy and value to the few facts which I
    possess. --De Quincey.

    1. Gorbachev's decision to participate personally in the meeting showed the significance he attached to making the change.
    2. The brewing and leisure sectors have similar property portfolios, yet the full significance of the change does not yet appear to have sunk in.
    3. This was really just a piece of political theatre: easy to understand, vibrant with symbolism, but devoid of operational significance. Europe is a different matter.
    4. The significance will be a serious reduction in the number of workers from the territories," Magen said on Israel radio.
    5. Broad generalizations of this kind make many investors squirm. Any time people start believing grandiose claims about the supposed significance of what the market is doing, veterans of the game start to suspect that stocks are ripe for a fall.
    6. He said that on looking back Michael Stuart had a "disjointed, vague conversation" with Charles Stuart but that it had no significance at the time.
    7. "We have a necessity to understand how we got where we are," Bumpers said in arguing for the significance of the tract.
    8. Charles Blackwell, an Indian attorney who is a consultant to Daiwa, said the BIA dispute is overshadowed by the significance of the Indian gathering in New York.
    9. This could be of major significance for the future of American politics.
    10. He chose 16 subjects, some for their historical or cultural significance.
    11. This newly gained potential will be of particular significance when it comes to extending the Group's own product range and the implementation of comprehensive eCustomer Care solutions.
    12. Such people desire personal significance, a safe place in the universe, a sense of ultimate value.
    13. The brief urges the court to accept Texaco's appeal of Pennzoil's mammoth court judgment on the ground that the securities-law question at stake "is a matter whose significance extends well beyond this case."
    14. Asked if the double visit had a special significance, Jaruzelski said it did. "We wanted, in fact, to make two points in this visit," Liberation quoted Jaruzelski as saying.
    15. But Mrs Cresson's profession of ignorance as to the details may have been quite genuine. Ever since last Sunday's electoral disaster, President Mitterrand has been engaged in intense consultations to assess the full significance of the vote.
    16. "The significance is that, unfortunately, it has disenchanted many Americans with religious broadcasting in general," said the Rev. Robert Dugan, director of public affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals.
    17. Colleagues said the significance of the planned reforms of the Budget system had not been widely appreciated.
    18. But lawyers on both sides warned Thursday against reading too much significance into Kennedy's earlier order.
    19. Mrs. Johnson "wanted to honor these changes in a special way _ by organizing a great cultural event of international significance," an introduction to the exhibit says.
    20. The tour was part of local observances of National Historic Preservation Week, an annual event sponsored by the non-profit National Trust to encourage public support of efforts to preserve buildings, objects and sites of historic significance.
    21. This cumbersome event, with its 800 page agenda, was never likely to achieve anything of immediate significance.
    22. Analysts said the producer price index has particular significance for the market after last week's unemployment report, which provided mixed signals.
    23. It is a soft place where visitors could talk to each other', he says. The significance of every last detail has been thought out.
    24. Technical resistance points, therefore, had less significance.
    25. Herein is the significance of Muller's decision to build a Pounds 30m plant in Shropshire. According to the county council, 70 local dairy farms are supplying milk exclusively to Muller.
    26. Sometimes, though, there is a slightly precious quality to this submission, especially at Lord's, where the cognoscenti behave as if they had found an almost religious significance in the game.
    27. He changed his mind after meeting a West Virginian who mentioned the battle, its significance and the congressional resolution.
    28. Others, though, said there are growing doubts about the significance of the CRB index as an inflation gauge.
    29. "Part of the defense has been the claim of involuntary intoxication," defense attorney William Summers told reporters, explaining the significance of testimony that a friend gave Mahoney a cocktail of Diet Pepsi and vodka.
    30. We have not paid attention enough to its significance," Thuermer said.
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