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单词 signify
释义
signify
verb
formal
uk
/ˈsɪɡ.nɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈsɪɡ.nə.faɪ/

signifyverb(MEAN)

[T]
to be asignof something; tomean:
表示；意味着
Nobody reallyknowswhat themarkson theancientstonessignify.没人真正知道那些古代石头上的记号代表什么含义。
[+ that]Thenumber30 on aroadsignsignifiesthatthespeedlimitis 30milesanhour.路标上的数字30表示时速限定为30英里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Meaning & significance
  • add
  • add up tosomething
  • backspin
  • be a badge ofsomethingidiom
  • connotate
  • connotation
  • i.e.
  • locution
  • locutionary
  • mean
  • meaningfully
  • meaningfulness
  • meaningless
  • purport
  • sense
  • significant
  • signification
  • speak
  • subtext
  • what's withsomething?idiom
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signifyverb(MAKE KNOWN)

[T]
to make somethingknown; to show:
使知道；表明
She signified heragreementbynoddingherhead.她点头表示同意。
[+ (that)]She signified(that)she was inagreementbynoddingherhead.她点头表示同意。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing and demonstrating
  • act out
  • attest
  • bespeak
  • betray
  • breastbeating
  • bring
  • define
  • demonstrative
  • glimmer
  • indicate
  • masterclass
  • point (something/someone) out
  • point the wayidiom
  • point to/towardssomething
  • probatory
  • produce
  • speak
  • visualization
  • wear
  • whiff
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signifyverb(BE IMPORTANT)

[I]
to haveimportanceor tomatter:
很重要，要紧
Don'tworryabout being late - it doesn't signify.别担心迟到——不要紧。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Being important and having importance
  • bulk
  • bulk largeidiom
  • centrality
  • come
  • come beforesomething/someone
  • count
  • cut
  • cut to the chaseidiom
  • fish
  • have bigger/other fish to fryidiom
  • have/take pride of placeidiom
  • high-stakes
  • loom
  • loom largeidiom
  • matter
  • mean the world tosomeoneidiom
  • override
  • pride
  • reign
  • weigh
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(Definition ofsignifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

signify| American Dictionary

signify
verb
us
/ˈsɪɡ·nəˌfɑɪ/

signifyverb(MEAN)

[T]
tomeansomething, or be asignof:
In thispicture,redrepresentssulfurandgreensignifieshydrogen.

signifyverb(MAKE KNOWN)

to make (something)known; to show:
[I]All those infavor,pleasesignify byraisingyourhands.
[+ that clause]I need aletterfrom you signifying that thismatterisclosed.
(Definition ofsignifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignify

signify
The solid curve in each graph signifies the settings of the ideal observer that compensates for changes in test surface azimuth.
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An individual's cattle herd is always a mix of animals with different ear markings, signifying the kinship links that have been forged through marriage.
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What signifies the projects of contemplative men if the hammer and the lathe are not employed to call their ideas into existence?
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In sacrificing marriages deemed undesirable and striving for economic independence, women frequently displayed a ' waywardness ' and boldness that signified their growing strength and resilience.
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As obstructive undergrowth, the jungle represented an impediment to progress; as an environment for hostile predators it signified the dread characteristics of man's unenlightened state.
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After negotiating, the participating states pass identical legislation signifying their agreement on the compact's terms, purposes, and policies.
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No outdoor sign signifies its existence, and whereas before you could stride through and talk to the staff, you now need to be buzzed in.
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Men's animating principle was the superior mens or spiritus that connoted rationality, women's the inferior anima or sensus that signified sensuality.
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Although the term ' scientism ' is frequently used, it is often not clear what it signifies.
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Therefore, the occurrence of such an impulse signifies the 'switch-on' of the anomalous resistivity on a field line, even far away from the observation point.
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Then there are some basic rules of versespeaking, with half-lines signifying a pause or an interruption.
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While the 'formal colony' signified political domination of the colonized area, the 'substantial colony' signified the transmigration of social groups.
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Since arsenal workers held the legal status of active soldiers, arbitrarily leaving the factory signified desertion.
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In other words, the point at which these contradictory elements in the blues cross over each other carves out a space for signifying practice.
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Their behaviour signified a fundamental change in the relationships between bosses and workers that would have been inconceivable a decade earlier.
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