英语词汇“significant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective significant to describe something that is important. Your "significant other" means the person who's most important in your life. A significant result in a scientific study is a result large enough to matter.

A less common meaning of significant is to describe something that has a special or hidden meaning. A significant smile can convey feelings or information without words. This adjective is from Latin significans, from significare "to signify," from signum "a sign, mark" plus facere "to make."

WORD FAMILY

significant: insignificant, nonsignificant, significance, significantly+/co-sign: co-signed/countersign: countersignature, countersigned, countersigning, countersigns/insignificance: insignificances/insignificant: insignificance, insignificantly/sign: co-sign, countersign, signatory, signature, signed, signedly, signer, signify, signing, signs, undersign/signatory: signatories/signature: signatures/signed: unsigned/signer: signers/significance: significances/signification: significations/signifier: signifiers/signify: significant, signification, signified, signifier, signifies, signifying/signing: signings/undersign: undersigned, undersigning

USAGE EXAMPLES

The industrial plant appears especially significant as it offers a breakthrough by capturing CO2 without subsidy.

BBC(Jan 03, 2017)

Coal-burning factories are a significant cause of China’s long-standing smog.

Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017)

But politics, not Senate rules, might be the more significant obstacle to a comprehensive Obamacare repeal.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

1adj rich in significance or implication

Syn

meaning, pregnant
meaningful

having a meaning or purpose

2adj important in effect or meaning

a significant change in tax laws
a significant change in the Constitution
a significant contribution
significant details
statistically significant

Syn|Ant

important
important, of import

of great significance or value

meaningful

having a meaning or purpose

momentous

of very great significance

epoch-making, epochal

highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era

earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering

sufficiently significant to affect the whole world

evidential, evidentiary

serving as or based on evidence

fundamental, profound

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

large

fairly large or important in effect; influential

monumental

of outstanding significance

noteworthy, remarkable

worthy of notice

probative, probatory

tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation

operative

effective; producing a desired effect

portentous, prodigious

of momentous or ominous significance

insignificant, unimportant

devoid of importance, meaning, or force

unimportant

not important

meaningless, nonmeaningful

having no meaning or direction or purpose

hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner

relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life

flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin

lacking substance or significance

inappreciable

too small to make a significant difference

light

having little importance

superficial, trivial

of little substance or significance

3adj fairly large

Syn

substantial
considerable

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

4adj too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level
no significant difference was found

Ant

nonsignificant

attributable to chance

单词	significant
释义	significant (once / 90 pages) adj Use the adjective significant to describe something that is important. Your "significant other" means the person who's most important in your life. A significant result in a scientific study is a result large enough to matter. A less common meaning of significant is to describe something that has a special or hidden meaning. A significant smile can convey feelings or information without words. This adjective is from Latin significans, from significare "to signify," from signum "a sign, mark" plus facere "to make." WORD FAMILY significant: insignificant, nonsignificant, significance, significantly+/co-sign: co-signed/countersign: countersignature, countersigned, countersigning, countersigns/insignificance: insignificances/insignificant: insignificance, insignificantly/sign: co-sign, countersign, signatory, signature, signed, signedly, signer, signify, signing, signs, undersign/signatory: signatories/signature: signatures/signed: unsigned/signer: signers/significance: significances/signification: significations/signifier: signifiers/signify: significant, signification, signified, signifier, signifies, signifying/signing: signings/undersign: undersigned, undersigning USAGE EXAMPLES The industrial plant appears especially significant as it offers a breakthrough by capturing CO2 without subsidy. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Coal-burning factories are a significant cause of China’s long-standing smog. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) But politics, not Senate rules, might be the more significant obstacle to a comprehensive Obamacare repeal. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj rich in significance or implication Syn meaning, pregnant meaningful having a meaning or purpose 2adj important in effect or meaning a significant change in tax laws a significant change in the Constitution a significant contribution significant details statistically significant Syn\|Ant important important, of import of great significance or value meaningful having a meaning or purpose momentous of very great significance epoch-making, epochal highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering sufficiently significant to affect the whole world evidential, evidentiary serving as or based on evidence fundamental, profound far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something large fairly large or important in effect; influential monumental of outstanding significance noteworthy, remarkable worthy of notice probative, probatory tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation operative effective; producing a desired effect portentous, prodigious of momentous or ominous significance insignificant, unimportant devoid of importance, meaning, or force unimportant not important meaningless, nonmeaningful having no meaning or direction or purpose hole-and-corner, hole-in-corner relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin lacking substance or significance inappreciable too small to make a significant difference light having little importance superficial, trivial of little substance or significance 3adj fairly large Syn substantial considerable large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree 4adj too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level no significant difference was found Ant nonsignificant attributable to chance
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