significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/significancenoun[U](IMPORTANCE)
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importance:
重要性,重要意义Thediscoveryof the newdrugisofgreatsignificancefor/topeoplesufferingfromheartproblems.这种新药的发现对心脏病患者来说具有重要意义。
- They wereoffereda fewcosmeticimprovementstotheirworkingconditions, but nothing of significance.
- And what might be theunderlyingsignificance of thesesupposedlyrandomactsofviolence?
- Hisworkis ofgreatsignificance tohistorians.
- We should notoverestimatethe significance of hisinfluence.
Importance - general words
- centre of gravity
- cornerstone
- criticality
- focus
- grandness
- gravitas
- overfocus
- pertinence
- pre-eminence
- precedence
- salience
- seriousness
- status
- supremacy
- transcendence
- urgency
- value
- weight
- weightage
- worth
significancenoun[U](SPECIAL MEANING)
specialmeaning:
特别意义,特殊含义Do youthinkthatlookhe gave you had any significance?你觉得他看你的那一眼有什么特殊含义吗?
Meaning & significance
- add
- add up tosomething
- backspin
- be a badge ofsomethingidiom
- connotate
- connotation
- i.e.
- locution
- locutionary
- mean
- meaningfully
- meaningfulness
- meaningless
- purport
- sense
- significant
- signify
- speak
- subtext
- what's withsomething?idiom