Signify



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解释

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• v. 表示;有重要性
• ［英］ v. 表示 ( be a sign of) ; 有重要性 ( have significance)
• ［记］ sign（信号）+ify -> 用信号表示 -> 象征

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English signifien, from Anglo-French signifier, from Latin significare to indicate, signify, from signum sign
• Date: 13th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to be a sign of ; mean
    • b. imply
  • 2. to show especially by a conventional token (as word, signal, or gesture)
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to have significance ; matter <it will not much signify what one wears — Jane Austen>
  • 2. to engage in signifying

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