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Significant Meaning 720.Significant 英 Sɪg'nɪfɪk(ə)Nt]美 Sɪɡ'Nɪfɪkənt 释义 Adj

正面 720.significant
英 [sɪg'nɪfɪk(ə)nt]美 [sɪɡ'nɪfɪkənt]

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释义:
adj. 重大的;有效的;有意义的;值得注意的;意味深长的n. 象征;有意义的事物
例句:
1. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。

1、sign- + -ificant(复合后缀).
significant 重要的,有意义的sign,标记,记号,-fic,做,使,词源同 fact,efficient.引申比喻词义重要的,有意义的等。
significant (adj.)1570s, "having a meaning," from Latin significantem (nominative significans, present participle of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). Earlier in the same sense was significative (c. 1400). Often "having a special or secret meaning," hence "important" (1761). Related: Significantly. Significant figure is from 1680s. Significant other (n.) attested by 1961, in psychology, "the most influential other person in the patient's world.""

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