核心畫面

Picture a change big enough that you would bother mentioning it: not any movement, but movement past the point where it starts to matter. The adverb marks that threshold — and when it opens a sentence, it is the writer saying the next fact crosses it.

可以想成:一個大到「值得拿出來講」的變化——不是隨便動一下,而是超過了「開始有意義」的那條線。這個副詞標記的就是那條更多收起可以想成:一個大到「值得拿出來講」的變化——不是隨便動一下,而是超過了「開始有意義」的那條線。這個副詞標記的就是那條線。放在句首時,等於作者在說:接下來這件事也越過了那條線,請注意。另外還有一個用法把「有意義」放到眼神和語氣上,指話裡有話。

From the picture

話裡有話

把「有意義」從幅度移到表情和語氣上:一個眼神、一聲咳嗽本身沒說什麼,卻讓在場的人知道底下還有一層意思。

significantly, meaningfully · r · C1

In a way that shows you mean something more than you are saying.

意味深長地

Also in this word

significantly, substantially · r · B2

In a way that is big enough to matter.

顯著地;大幅地

significantly, notably · r · B2

Used at the start of a sentence to say that the next thing is important and worth noticing.

值得注意的是

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

significantlyadv/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntli/

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    In a significant manner or to a significant extent.

    • Irene's English significantly improved after taking a year out in Ireland.
    • The quality of life is significantly higher than it was twenty years ago.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。