significantly
adverb
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt.li/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt.li/significantlyadverb(IMPORTANT)
B2
in a way that iseasytoseeor by alargeamount:
显著地;相当数量地Mypianoplayinghasimprovedsignificantly since Istartedwith a newteacher.自从换了一位新老师,我的钢琴水平有了明显提高。
- Employmentlevelsareunlikelytorisesignificantly before the end of nextyear.
- Theyexpandedtheirretailoperationssignificantly during the 1980s.
- Studiessuggestthatregularintakeof thevitaminsignificantlyimprovesbrainfunction.
- Hotdeskingallowsacompanyto have significantlysmallerpremises.
- Highwindssignificantlyhamperedthe plane'sacceleration.
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abjectly
- abundantly
- beyond
- biblical
- blankly
- completely
- desperately
- extreme
- highly
- positive
- rank
- raving
- smack
- spectacularly
- such
- terrible
- terribly
- unutterably
- veritably
- wonderfully
significantlyadverb(SPECIAL MEANING)
in a way thatsuggestsaspecialmeaning:
意味深长地He said that he would bebringingafriendwith him but, significantly, didn't say who it was.他说将带一个朋友来,但耐人寻味的是,他没说出那人是谁。
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