| 释义 |
monosigˈnificant, a.
[f. mono- + significant a.]
Having only one meaning. Also monosigˈnificance.
1940Kenyon Rev. II. 503 Monosignificance. Mr. Wheelwright uses..in two ways, as formal logical abstraction..and as a useful temporarily consistent selection. Ibid. 505 If..words are not statically and isolatedly monosignificant in the prose of science and instruction, what better sense can be made of..the realm of poetry—connotation—plurisignification. 1947H. Jacob Planned Auxiliary Lang. 20 A high degree of precision..can be attained by assigning to each element one invariable meaning, i.e., each element is monosignificant. Ibid., No language..has so far achieved absolute monosignificance... The principle of monosignificance is..understood to apply to the smallest but complete unit of thought, the sentence. |