signify
英 ['s?gn?fa?]
美['s?ɡn?fa?]
- vt. 表示；意味；預(yù)示
- vi. 有重要性；要緊；冒充內(nèi)行
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?signifies;過去式:?signified;過去分詞:?signified;現(xiàn)在分詞:?signifying;
助記提示
1、sign- + -ify.
中文詞源
signify 預(yù)示，表明，表達(dá)，表示sign,標(biāo)記，記號，-fy,使。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- signify (v.)
- late 13c., "be a sign of, indicate, mean," from Old French signifier (12c.), from Latin significare "to make signs, show by signs, point out, express; mean, signify; foreshadow, portend," from significus (adj.), from signum "sign" (see sign (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Intransitive sense of "to be of importance" is attested from 1660s. Meaning "engage in mock-hostile banter" is American English black slang first recorded 1932.
...'signifying,' which in Harlemese means making a series of oblique remarks apparently addressed to no one in particular, but unmistakable in intention in such a close-knit circle. ["Down Beat," March 7, 1968]
雙語例句
- 1. The striped band round a policeman's sleeve is to signify that he is on duty.
- 警察袖子上的袖標(biāo)標(biāo)明他正在執(zhí)勤.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.
- 昨天機(jī)場升起了聯(lián)合國的旗幟，表明控制權(quán)已移交給聯(lián)合國了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. State ownership in itself does not signify collective control.
- 國家所有本身并不意味集體控制.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It doesn't signify, so you needn't worry about it.
- 這無所謂, 你不必?fù)?dān)心.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Do dark clouds signify rain?
- 有烏云是否顯示要下雨?
來自辭典例句