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单词 significant
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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/

significantadjective(IMPORTANT)

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importantornoticeable:
重要的；显著的
There has been a significantincreasein thenumberof womenstudentsinrecentyears.近年来，女学生的人数有了显著增加。
Thetalksbetween theUSAand the USSR were very significantfortherelationshipbetween the twocountries.美国同苏联的谈判对两国间的关系非常重要。
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having great effect or influence
  • importantIt was one of the most important legal cases of the century.
  • bigThis is a big match tonight - if we lose, we won't be in the playoffs.
  • majorThis is a major decision so we'd better get it right.
  • significantDid he make any significant changes to my suggestions?
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More examples
  • Is there any significantdifferenceinqualitybetween these twoitems?
  • Research in thefieldofgenito-urinarymedicinehasledto significanthealthadvancesin the lastdecade.
  • Theinstitutionof aFreedomof InformationActhas had a significanteffect.
  • You have allinvestedsignificantamountsoftimeandenergyin making thisprojectthesuccessthat it is.
  • Lotus makeluxurycarsfor asmallbut significantnichemarket.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • cardinal
  • chief
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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significantadjective(SPECIAL MEANING)

having aspecialmeaning:
有特殊意义的
Shelookedat himacrossthetableand gave him a significantsmile.她隔着桌子望着他，给了他一个意味深长的微笑。
Do youthinkit's significantthathe hasn'trepliedto myletteryet?你觉得他还没给我回信有什么特别的用意吗？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Meaning & significance
  • add
  • add up tosomething
  • backspin
  • be a badge ofsomethingidiom
  • connotate
  • connotation
  • i.e.
  • locution
  • locutionary
  • mean
  • meaning
  • meaningfully
  • meaningfulness
  • meaningless
  • purport
  • sense
  • signify
  • speak
  • subtext
  • what's withsomething?idiom
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(Definition ofsignificantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

significant| American Dictionary

significant
adjective
us
/sɪɡˈnɪf·ɪ·kənt/
important,large, orgreat,esp. inleadingto a differentresultor to animportantchange:
Thiselectionreaffirmsa significantshiftof thecenterofpower.
Marriage is a significantcommitment.

significance

noun[U]us
/sɪɡˈnɪf·ɪ·kəns/
Thefullsignificance ofspaceexplorationmay not beunderstoodfor manyyearsto come.
(Definition ofsignificantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant

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Results must be described concisely and discussion limited to thesignificantnew findings.
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Extending the time duration of plume removal beyond 10 ms does not result in asignificantdecrease in energy.
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Because asignificantportion of the labour force was becoming redundant, pauperization loomed large.
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In the two different regions, however, there does appear to be asignificantdifference in the balance achieved between these two opposing pulls.
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It was mostsignificantfrom the reported participation from over 25 countries worldwide that there is a great interest in the development of such methodologies.
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Only thesignificantresults are reported in the table.
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There was asignificantrelation between reaction times on the identification task and past burden of illness, particularly past number of depressions.
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Phonological sequence learning is asignificantpredictor of receptive vocabulary learning.
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The behaviorally oriented intervention producedsignificantreductions in coercive parenting and improvements in positive parenting.
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In both cases the effect of mental disorder remained stronglysignificant.
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We can then infer that the removed variable functions as asignificantmediator between the predictor and criterion variables.
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Variables that were not statisticallysignificantat conventional levels were not removed from the model.
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There may be whole groups of people who are not represented by the written sources but who playedsignificantroles in the processes under consideration.
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There was asignificanteffect of site on the proportion of surviving seedlings and on the relative growth rates in terms of leaf number.
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This chapter includes asignificantamount of technical information that may be beyond the nonspecialist audience.
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