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significant

/sig-nif-i-kuhnt/US // sɪgˈnɪf ɪ kənt //UK // (sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt) //

显著的,显著,重要的,有意义的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : important and deserving of attention; of consequence: Their advice played a significant role in saving my marriage.
    • : relatively large in amount or quantity: a significant decrease in revenue.
    • : having or expressing a meaning; indicative: a significant symbol of royalty.
    • : having a special, secret, or disguised meaning; suggestive: a significant wink.
    • : Statistics. of or relating to observations that are unlikely to occur by chance and that therefore indicate a systematic cause: Memory training produced a statistically significant improvement in group performance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something significant; a sign.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.telling, meaningful

Examples

  • Health officials said a “significant” number of residents — including teachers — who did not fit into those categories have been turned away from county sites.

  • The “NYPD Files” has resulted in significant moves toward change.

  • This NFL offseason will be one of significant quarterback movement.

  • Reversing that trend will require people to make significant lifestyle changes, which can be difficult, Braha said.

  • Maldonado said she’ll also be on the lookout for any cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which is often a concern when it comes to vaccines, but she noted that no significant increases in cases were seen in any of the adult trials.

  • And in either case, “the significant benefit from allowing Wi-Fi hotspots outweighs these concerns.”

  • This “Sixth Migration” of massive human migration to Texas is the larger story of the book, and it is a significant story.

  • The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.

  • Occasionally, guys and girls admitted outright they were looking for a potential significant other.

  • It was the first significant violence directed toward police after weeks of demonstrations across the city.

  • In dramatic interpretation the voice is a much more significant feature relatively than is the detail of gesture in pantomime.

  • And in his heart the name of the poem repeated itself with significant insistence: Unwelcome!

  • The finely granular variety is the least significant, and is found when the epithelium is only moderately affected.

  • By all the sounded consonants we have—“Inhuman Civil War;” the latter shorter, more significant, and more easily remembered.

  • An odd and somewhat unromantic name, but very significant of the circumstances under which she was found.