| 单词 | significant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [sig'nifikənt] |
| 解释 | a.相当数量的；意义重大的 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | 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." |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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