喜樂美語
  1. 1n/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/importance重要性

    How important an event, action, or discovery is, especially because of the effects or influence it will have later.

    「significance」講的是一件事「有多重要」，重點常放在它之後會帶來什麼影響。跟 importance 比起來，significance 更常用在「這件事會改變後來的發展」的場合，所以歷史事件、研究發現特別愛用它。

    示範例句 · Example

    The teacher explained the significance of the 1945 election.

    中文翻譯老師解釋了那個 1945 年選舉的重要性。

    常見搭配

    • the significance of something

      某件事的重要性

      how important something is

      Few people saw the significance of the new law at the time.

    • attach significance to something

      把某件事看得很重要

      to treat something as important

      The team attached great significance to the first test result.

    • of great significance

      非常重要的

      very important

      The meeting was of great significance for both countries.

    • historical significance

      歷史意義上的重要性

      importance in the story of the past

      The old bridge has real historical significance for the town.

    意思相反

    unimportancetrivialityinsignificance

  2. 2n/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/hidden meaning含意

    The meaning that a word, sign, or action carries, especially a meaning that is hidden and that you have to work out.

    這個 significance 講的不是「重要不重要」，而是「這背後在說什麼」。英文用它的時候，通常表示表面看不出來，要想一下才懂，例如夢裡的東西、儀式的動作、別人話裡的一句。跟 meaning 比起來，meaning 是字面意思，significance 是藏在下面那層。

    常見搭配

    • the significance of something

      某個東西代表的意思

      what something stands for or points to

      He explained the significance of the flowers on the table.

    • special significance

      特別的意義

      a particular private or shared meaning

      Red roses have a special significance the first time you receive them.

    • symbolic significance

      象徵上的意義

      meaning carried through a symbol rather than directly

      Each colour in the costume has symbolic significance.

    • the true significance

      真正的含意

      the real meaning, once you understand it

      She only understood the true significance of the letter after reading it twice.

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

significancenoun/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

  • 1

    The extent to which something matters; importance

    • As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
    • As the nudities and mythologies of the sixteenth century lost something of their vogue, the draperies acquired greater significance in the general effect; and the impression of agitation was accentuated by exaggerated flutters of wide-flung expanses of carved stuffs.
  • 2

    Meaning.

    • the significance of her gesture was unclear

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