significant
significant 英 [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] 美 [sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt]
adj. 重要的；显著的
- 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.
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- adj. 重要的；显著的
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1. a highly significant discovery
有重大意义的发现
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2. The results of the experiment are not statistically significant.
从统计学的观点看，实验结果意义不明显。
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3. Your work has shown a significant improvement.
你的工作有了显著改进。
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4. It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
很明显，女生的考试成绩一般比男生的好。
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5. It is significant that he changed his will only days before his death.
他在临终前几天修改遗嘱，这很能说明问题。
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6. a significant look, a significant smile
意味深长的眼神╱微笑
- 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."
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