significant

significant
adjective
  1. sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy
    重要的;显著的
    a significant increase in sales.
    销售明显上升。
  2. having a particular meaning; indicative of something
    有特定含义的;表示…的
    in times of stress her dreams seemed to her especially significant.
    在压力大的时候,她的梦想似乎对她尤其有意义。
    ■suggesting a meaning or message that is not explicitly stated
    意味深长的
    she gave him a significant look.
    她意味深长地看了看他一眼。
  3. (Statistics)of, relating to, or having significance
    (统计)显著的;有效的
派生
significantly
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin significant- 'indicating', from the verb significare (see signify)
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