signify基本信息
读法：英 ["sɪgnɪfaɪ] 美 ["sɪɡnɪfaɪ]
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英英释义
Verb:
"An example sentence would show what this word means"
"What does his strange behavior signify?"
中英词源
signify 预示，表明，表达，表示
sign,标记，记号，-fy,使。引申诸相关词义。
- 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]
词态变化
第三人称单数 signifies;
过去式 signified;
过去分词 signified;
现在分词 signifying;
权威造句
- 1. The striped band round a policeman"s sleeve is to signify that he is on duty.
- 警察袖子上的袖标标明他正在执勤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.
- 昨天机场升起了联合国的旗帜，表明控制权已移交给联合国了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. State ownership in itself does not signify collective control.
- 国家所有本身并不意味集体控制.
来自辞典例句
- 4. It doesn"t signify, so you needn"t worry about it.
- 这无所谓, 你不必担心.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Do dark clouds signify rain?
- 有乌云是否显示要下雨?
来自辞典例句
近反义词
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单词分析
这些动词均含有“表示……的意思”之意。mean最普通用词。指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。
imply侧重用文字或符号表示的联想，暗示。
indicate指明显的表示。
represent指体现或代表。
denote指某一词字面或狭义的意思，或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。
signify指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。
suggest通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。
记忆方法
1、sign- + -ify.
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