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connotation

/kon-uh-tey-shuhn/US // ˌkɒn əˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən) //

涵义,含义,内涵,意思是说

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
    • : something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described: “Religion” has always had a negative connotation for me.
    • : Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension.

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Examples

  • The “game manager” label carries a negative connotation, but Smith is one of the NFL’s best at protecting the ball.

  • Even the word audit itself has a lot of negative connotations, and that’s understandable.

  • The terms diverged when we filtered just for ones with negative connotations.

  • Whilst only 7% of queries will be impacted in initial roll-out, further expansion of this new passage indexing system could have much bigger connotations than one might first suspect.

  • This is not an example of AI taking away jobs and that more negative connotations that you get when you talk about AI and business.

  • But that has never struck me as terribly apt or helpful, despite its obviously negative connotation.

  • In case the connotation is lost, “Theater Kid” is not a good thing here.

  • “Linda Perry-style,” of course, carries with it a history and a very specific connotation.

  • Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield examines the negative connotation of the phrase and turns it into an affirmation.

  • It has this crazy negative connotation that I never understood.

  • To fix the connotation of a concrete name, or the denotation of the corresponding abstract, is to define the name.

  • Why, I should say it means 'skilful, clever,' and it carries with it the connotation of 'novel.'

  • They had been diverted from their hereditary connotation to signify impressions for which Nature did not intend them.

  • This term one may accept as technically correct without necessarily accepting the sinister connotation imputed to it by labor.

  • The specific difference is that which must be added to the connotation of the genus to complete the connotation of the species.

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