| 单词 | connotation |
| 释义 | connotation (kɒnəteɪʃən ) Word forms: connotations countable noun The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of. It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations. 'Urchin', with its connotation of mischievousness, may not be a particularly apt word. [+ of] Synonyms: implication, colouring, association, suggestion Collocations: cultural connotation The bleachers have been given cultural connotations of the innocence of high school and youth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All three of these terms have carried negative cultural connotations at one time or another. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, being the son or daughter of a wealthy individual, may carry a higher status and different cultural connotations than being a member of nouveau riche (new money). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was written as an optimistic song and then, when everything happened, it took on a different connotation. The Sun For a hotel worker (an insider) or a person passing by with disinterest (a total outsider), the hotel would have a very different connotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In contrast to its meaning today, the word amateur held a different connotation in the discussions of that time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may have different connotations now but who's to say it wasn't written as literature intended? The Sun The same object can, on the other hand, be denoted with several names with different connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the congregational level, while crisis will probably always carry a negative connotation, it's good to remember that crisis often precedes a positive, critical breakthrough. Christianity Today Since the word ambition first appeared in the 14th century, it has mostly carried a negative connotation. Christianity Today Even without such pressure, 'group think' has rightly acquired the negative connotation of a complacent expression of herd instinct. Times, Sunday Times If that happens, time will tell whether the new word has a positive or negative connotation. Times, Sunday Times Something happened in the last decade or so where all of a sudden it had a negative connotation. Times, Sunday Times The term 'land-banking' has a pejorative connotation that implies a collective nature. Times,Sunday Times The term may also reflect a pejorative connotation, as in a sense of entitlement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It usually conveys a pejorative connotation that the research has been untowardly driven by political, ideological, financial, or otherwise unscientific motives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although initially used in humor, the word went on to carry on a more pejorative connotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Moreover, the term frequently carries the pejorative connotations of promulgating bias or misinformation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The term card-carrying originally had no political connotation, and was used to describe membership in any organisation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their lyrics are most often about love, but also have social and political connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The characters became household names and some of the dialogues were transformed into political connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This internal conflict translates into my work, on a formal level, as well as having geographical, historical and political connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, many of the words carry both geographical and political connotations which are affected by the history of the islands. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In one way, the brand creates a positive connotation with itself, in another, the brand creates a negative connotation of life without the product. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It carries a largely positive connotation, being associated with courage, loyalty, honor, success, fortune, fertility, happiness, passion, and summer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The term originally had a positive connotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But surely proficiency has negative as well as positive connotations? Times, Sunday Times She also worries that orthorexia has positive connotations. Times, Sunday Times They are done by the same person, you have to dissolve both of them to remarry and neither has any religious connotation. The Sun The term usually has a religious connotation indicating unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For this reason, such normally secular matters as beginning a new business or reaping the fields had a religious connotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In fact, once he moved in, the religious connotations didn't even cross his mind. Times, Sunday Times This way, the festivities could continue without religious connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Essentially without negative moral or social connotation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both terms are often bound with undeserved negative social connotations not inherent in the word meanings themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Certain negative historical renditions of usury carry with them social connotations of perceived unjust or discriminatory lending practices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There also may have been some spiritual connotation similar to the chancel screen in churches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In other cultures, the number 11 has more positive spiritual connotations. Times, Sunday Times In the context of this album, however, the images of sun and water and distant stars also take on spiritual connotations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 内涵意义 Japanese: 言外の意味 |
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