significance

noun

1. （尤指对将来有影响的）重要性，意义
   the importance of sth, especially when this has an effect on what happens in the future
   1. a decision of major political significance
      具有重大政治意义的决定
   2. The new drug has great significance for the treatment of the disease.
      这种新药对于这种病的治疗有重大的意义。
   3. They discussed the statistical significance of the results.
      他们讨论了这些结果在统计学上的意义。
2. 意思；含义
   the meaning of sth
   1. She couldn't grasp the full significance of what he had said.
      她未能充分领会他那番话的意思。
   2. Do these symbols have any particular significance?
      这些符号有什么特别的含义吗？

1. N-UNCOUNT 重要性;意义
   The significance of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation.
   1. Ideas about the social significance of religion have changed over time...
      关于宗教的社会意义的看法已经随着时间的变迁而改变。
   2. A sacred site might be a mountain that is of some significance to a tribe.
      对一个部落有重大意义的一座山峰可能就是一处圣地。

1. The authorities attached much significance to his visit.
   当局非常重视他的访问。
2. A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
   沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。
3. The President's visit is loaded with symbolic significance
   总统之行充满象征性意义。
4. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports
   西方外交官刻意贬低这些报告的重要性。
5. Ideas about the social significance of religion have changed over time
   关于宗教的社会意义的看法已经随着时间的变迁而改变。
6. A sacred site might be a mountain that is of some significance to a tribe.
   对一个部落有重大意义的一座山峰可能就是一处圣地。
7. Nobody can achieve anything of real significance unless he works very hard.
   一个人要是不努力，他就将一事无成。
8. It has a wider significance.
   它有更广泛的意义。
9. Eugenics has a biological significance.
   优生学具有生物学上的意义。
10. It has no warlike significance.
    这没有好战的意味。
11. This is a matter of cardinal significance.
    这是非常重要的事情。
12. The government newspapers played down the significance of the strike.
    官方报纸故意冲淡这次罢工的意义。
13. All men must die, but death can vary in its significance.
    人总是要死的，但死的意义有所不同。
14. He method has proved more and more to be of very great geophysical significance.
    这个方法在地球物理学上的重要性越来越明显。
15. The significance of the film transcends time and national borders.
    这部电影的意义超越了时间和国界。
16. But, to doing this loses the significance of emigration.
    但是，这样做就失去了移民的意义。
17. Fitness dance movement by analyzing the features and functionality, discuss its value in the Physical Education significance.
    通过分析健身街舞运动的特征和功能，讨论其在高校体育教学中的价值意义。
18. The author notices not only the general implication of the death imagery but also its special significance.
    作者不但注意到了死亡意象的一般性意义，还注意到了其特殊性。
19. This section describes the results, role and significance of the research as well as recommendations for further work.
    这部门阐述了课题研讨的结果、研讨的作用和意义以及对下一步工作的建议。
20. Besides, the significance and prospects in studying seismites in China are assessed.
    对震积岩研究意义及我国研究展望进行了评述。
21. Analysis of significance of the building of E-government applications of information resources plan.
    分析了电子政务建设应用信息资源规划方法的意义。
22. In application and maintenance, it has certain extending significance.
    应用和维护过程中，具有一定的推广意义。
23. This paper also mentions the modern significance of Wang's Conscience Theory.
    文章还提及了阳明良知说的现代意义。
24. Abstract: the important significance and function of development of supersonic military aviation are briefly discussed.
    文摘：简述了超音速军用航空发展的重要意义和作用。
25. The mass line in Party work is of profound theoretical and practical significance.
    党的工作中的群众路线，具有极深刻的理论意义和实际意义。
26. Objective: To investigate the changes of serum cholesterol level and its clinical significance in patients with cancer.
    目的：探讨和研究癌症患者血清总胆固醇水平的变化及临床意义。
27. The results of the study is of reference and guiding significance to the application of GPR.
    研究结果对地质雷达的应用具参考指导作用。
28. This article analyzes the ecological community's development course, research situation, character and significance.
    对生态社区的发展历程、研究状况、特征以及意义进行了详尽解读。
29. The study in legal acculturation broadens the perspective of law, with important value and significance.
    当代对“法的涵化”的研究拓宽了法学的研究视角，具有重要的研究价值和时代意义。
30. Studies of the theoretical set-up of the view on ecology in Buddhism is of important theoretical and realistic significance.
    研究佛教生态观的理论建构具有重要的理论意义和现实意义。

  significance implication importance【导航词义：意义】

  significance n. 重要性，意义

〔辨析〕着重指内在的或对未来的意义、重要性。

  implication n. 含意，暗示

〔辨析〕指未直接表达出的暗含之意。

  importance n. 重要（性）

〔辨析〕普通用词，指某事物具有的重大价值、意义、影响等。

noun

1. the quality of being significant
   1. do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
   1. the significance of his remark became clear only later
   2. the expectation was spread both by word and by implication

   Synonym:    importimplication

3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified
   1. what is the meaning of this sentence
   2. the significance of a red traffic light
   3. the signification of Chinese characters
   4. the import of his announcement was ambiguous

   Synonym:    meaningsignificationimport