| 单词 | significant |
| 释义 | significant (sɪgnɪfɪkənt ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A significant amount or effect is large enough to be important or affect a situation to a noticeable degree. A small but significant number of 11-year-olds are illiterate. ...foods that offer a significant amount of protein. It is the first drug that seems to have a very significant effect on this disease. Synonyms: important, marked, notable, striking significantly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 The number of MPs now supporting him had increased significantly. America's airlines have significantly higher productivity than European ones. Synonyms: very much, greatly, hugely, vastly 2. adjective B2 A significant fact, event, or thing is one that is important or shows something. Time would appear to be the significant factor in this whole drama. ...a very significant piece of legislation. I think it was significant that he never knew his own father. significantly adverb B2 Significantly, the company recently opened a huge store in Atlanta. 3. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A significant action or gesture is intended to have a special meaning. Mrs Bycraft gave Rose a significant glance. significantly graded adverb [ADVERB after verb] She looked up at me significantly, raising an eyebrow. Synonyms: meaningfully, eloquently, expressively, knowingly Collocations: significant threat For the vast majority of those affected, it will never in itself prove to be a significant threat to their wellbeing. Times, Sunday Times The call came after central bank governors yesterday warned that the huge imbalances that have built up in the world economy pose a significant threat to stability. Times, Sunday Times He said that academies and free schools were 'a very significant threat to the stability, fairness and viability of our education system' and applied market principles to schools. Times, Sunday Times He's the leader of the defence, a creative centre half with the instinct and remit to step into midfield and a very significant threat at set pieces. Times, Sunday Times They are employed in areas where avalanches pose a significant threat to people, such as ski resorts and mountain towns, roads and railways. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even so, employers think a significant trend may develop of 18-year-olds choosing to go straight into work, and they are preparing for the possibility. Times, Sunday Times That remark explains the most significant trend in crime publishing. Times, Sunday Times I believe that this will become a significant trend. Times, Sunday Times It said that a significant trend of the campaign was a rise in spending by third-party advertisers. Times,Sunday Times The study revealed a significant trend, with birds with larger brains being more likely to be classed as 'urban dwellers'. Times, Sunday Times The ethephon did not show significant variation for the form and concentrations used. 1997, 'Influência do ácido indolbutírico e ethefon no enraizamento de estacas de pessegueiro (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) Influence of indolebutyric acid and ethephon on rooting of cuttings of peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch)', Ciência Rural Nested univariate analyses of variance showed significant variation across progenies and basins. 2003, 'Variation and its distribution in wild cacao populations from the Brazilian Amazon', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology In addition, geometric morphometric analyses of trophi did not show significant variation among cryptic species. 2018, 'Evidence supporting cryptic species within two sessile microinvertebrates, Limnias melicerta and L. ceratophylli (Rotifera, Gnesiotrocha)', PLOS ONE While seasonal variations in risk of disease are statistically significant, and likely to be genuine, most cases involved small increases in overall risk. Times, Sunday Times (2011) One that was solid and statistically significant and quite the opposite of what we had sought to find. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And the relationship to victories is not statistically significant. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But the effect was not statistically significant. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Not enough women volunteered for the study to be statistically significant. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 相当大的 Japanese: 重要な |
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