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单词 connotation
释义
connotation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑː.nəˈteɪ.ʃən/
afeelingorideathat issuggestedby aparticularwordalthoughit need not be apartof the word'smeaning, or somethingsuggestedby anobjectorsituation:
内涵意义；隐含意义；联想意义
The word "lady" has connotationsofrefinementandexcessivefemininitythat some womenfindoffensive.lady 一词有优雅和过分娇柔的涵义，因此某些女性觉得该词具有冒犯意。
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(Definition ofconnotationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

connotation| American Dictionary

connotation
noun[C]
us
/ˌkɑn·əˈteɪ·ʃən/
grammar
afeelingorideathat issuggestedby a word inadditiontoitsbasicmeaning, or somethingsuggestedby anobjectorsituation:
"Resolute"meansstubborn, but with a morepositiveconnotation.
(Definition ofconnotationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconnotation

connotation
Honour might have been a common idiom among men, but the different immigrant communities perhaps attatched to it quite different connotations and importance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The point is rather that descriptions have connotations which can themselves be traced to the relevant relations.
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The connotations of these expressions illustrate the emotional and intellectual reactions of self-induced death.
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The literal meaning of the term prestidigitator is 'nimble-fingered', but its connotations extend to the idea of illusion, imposture, deception.
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Physical motion is precluded here, and there do not seem to be any connotations of intensity or negative attitude (see note 11).
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The gradations among the groups in 44 - 46 clearly reflect the influence of socio-historical factors on linguistic connotations.
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I considered the equipollence of referential expressions, the problem of positive and negative connotations of various referential expressions, and the problem of cross-gender reference.
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We must also not forget that the position of the sound in a space affects the connotations of that sound.
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Changing the position may change the connotations (a distant car has very different connotations than a car passing one metre away from the listener).
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The economic transformation of camel pastoralists carried religious connotations and implications.
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The fourth section details how covering the female bosom was divested of such connotations and endowed with new ones.
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We simply want to resist the misleading connotations of this terminology. 11.
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On the other hand, words that are not commonly viewed as emotion-laden may acquire emotional connotations in discourse.
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The discovery of connotations is based on cultural and literary experience, or on the structure of a specific text, or both.
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All were characterized by certain ' 'freedoms' ' or ' 'liberties' ', but such connotations disappeared in the course of the seventeenth century with the unification of the country.
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Collocationswithconnotation

connotation

These are words often used in combination withconnotation.

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different connotation
Its use by the chiefs allocating wetland plots against an annual payment has a verydifferentconnotationfrom the past token of respect and thanks.
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emotional connotation
For her, the prestige accent could never carry this kind of emotional connotation.
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negative connotation
Thenegativeconnotationof the term training has led to greater adoption of the term 'teacher preparation'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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