记忆方法
1、sign- + -ificant(复合后缀).
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词族 · significant
中文词源
significant 重要的，有意义的
sign,标记，记号，-fic,做，使，词源同 fact,efficient.引申比喻词义重要的，有意义的等。
英语词源
- significant (adj.)
- 1570s, "having a meaning," from Latin significantem (nominative significans, present participle of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). Earlier in the same sense was significative (c. 1400). Often "having a special or secret meaning," hence "important" (1761). Related: Significantly. Significant figure is from 1680s. Significant other (n.) attested by 1961, in psychology, "the most influential other person in the patient's world."
权威例句
- 1. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
- 今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。
- 2. The learner's attention needs to be directed to the significant features.
- 需要将学习者的注意力引向那些着重点上。
- 3. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
- 这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。
- 4. It was clear that there was significant support for the Islamists.
- 显然伊斯兰教徒获得了相当多的支持。
- 5. Two significant constants have been found in a number of research studies.
- 若干研究已经发现了两个重要常量。
词语辨析
【momentous, significant, important】
这组词都有“重要的，重大的”的意思，其区别是：
momentous: 指极其重要的。
significant: 指某事物由于特别优秀或特别有意义而显得重要与突出。
important: 最普通用词，指有权威、有影响的人或值得注意的、有价值的事物。
这组词都有“重要的，重大的”的意思，其区别是：
momentous: 指极其重要的。
significant: 指某事物由于特别优秀或特别有意义而显得重要与突出。
important: 最普通用词，指有权威、有影响的人或值得注意的、有价值的事物。