signify

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ]
英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ]
  • v.表示；说明；预示；表达
  • 网络意味；意味着；象征
过去式：signified  第三人称单数：signifies  现在分词：signifying  

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网络释义

signify
v.
1.
[t]
表示；说明；预示to be a sign of sth
This decision signified a radical change in their policies.
这个决定表明了他们的政策发生了根本的变化。
This mark signifies that the products conform to an approved standard.
这个标志说明这些产品符合指定的标准。
The white belt signifies that he's an absolute beginner.
白腰带表示他完全是个新手。
2.
[t]
表达，表示，显示（感情、意愿等）to do sth to make your feelings, intentions, etc. known
She signified her approval with a smile.
她笑了笑表示赞同。
He nodded to signify that he agreed.
他点头表示同意。
3.
[i]
具有重要性；要紧to be important or to matter
His presence no longer signified.
他在不在场已不重要。

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全部全部,表示表示,说明说明,预示预示,表达表达,意味意味,意味着意味着,象征象征
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1.
Originally it had been given the name: the Age of Aquarius to signify the new era of spiritual enfoldment as foretold in astrology.
原来它被命名为宝瓶座时代，正如星占学预言的，它意味着精神扩展的新时代。
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2.
Oh, hi, you know that girl from the Greek restaurant with the hair (holds his hands up to signify she has big hair)?
哦，那个，你记得那个希腊餐厅里头发那样的姑娘不？
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3.
That could signify 'there was an urgent need to move' to get the weapons to an active conflict zone, he said.
他说，这可能意味着“迫切需要采取行动”把这批武器运到爆发冲突的地区。
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4.
Here we address the question of what such annotations signify and of how they are created by working biologists.
在这里，我们处理的问题是什么等标志和说明他们是如何创造的工作生物学家。
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5.
The dark blue pieces signify components that are the core part of Eclipse's Rich Client Platform (RCP).
图中深蓝色的部分代表的是Eclipse的富客户机平台（RichClientPlatform，RCP）的核心组件。
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6.
They signify the mode of factual existence and that of existential living of human individual respectively.
此二者分别代表人类个体之实存与存有之方式。
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7.
"What does it signify, " said the cat, "it is no worse than Crumb-stealer, as your god-children are called. "
“那有什么？”猫说，“不比你的那些教子叫什么‘偷面包屑的’更糟吧？”
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8.
Improvement as a player does not always signify greater results, though, as Federer has found out this year.
作为一名选手，费德勒在今年取得了进步，但进步并不总是意味着取得骄人的成绩。
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9.
This landslide did not signify a repudiation of the League but rather revealed the confusion and growing popular apathy over that issue.
这种压倒性胜利并不意味着否定国联，而是表明人们在此问题上的思想混乱和公众对它的日益冷漠。
10.
But there was one recent study that implied that one of her DNA sequences might signify a slightly higher risk of obesity.
但是最近有研究表明，她的DNA序列中有一组意味着她可能稍稍有肥胖的风险。
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