英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ]
v. 意味着，象征；<正式> 表达，显示（感情、意愿等）；<正式> 要紧，有重要性；<美，非正式>（作为一种游戏或习俗，美国黑人之间）相互吹牛，相互辱骂
第三人称单数signifies
现在分词signifying
过去式signified
过去分词signified
signify /ˈsɪɡnɪˌfaɪ/ CET6 TEM4 [ signifying signified signifies ]
及物动词 If an event, a sign, or a symbol signifies something, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing. 表示; 意味着
These were not the only changes that signified the end of boyhood.
这些不是表示男孩时代已结束的惟一变化。
及物动词 If you signify something, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning. (用符号或手势) 表达
Two jurors signified their dissent.
两个陪审员表达了他们的异议。
表示
... identify识别，鉴别； signify表示，意味，要紧；有重要性； notice通知，注意到。根据句意 ...
... signifier 信号物，记号；表示者 signify 有重要性；要紧；冒充内行 signify 表示；意味；预示 ...
... design 设计 signify 点上标记、表示 significant 重要的、有意义的 ...
significantly 意味深长地；值得注目地
significant 象征；有意义的事物
sign 迹象；符号；记号；手势
significance 意义；重要性；意思
signage 引导标示
signing 签署；签字
signer 签名者；用手势示意者
signification 意义；表示
signifier 信号物，记号；表示者
sign 签署；签名
He nodded to signify that he agreed.
他点头表示同意。
Eating is a metaphor that is sometimes used to signify marriage.
“吃”是一个比喻，有时用来表示婚姻。
Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition.
进入耶鲁大学可能意味着有智慧、才能和雄心。
They always mean or signify far more than they're supposed to if their job is simply to make a comparison.
他们总是比简单的完成一个比喻,而一位或者代表了更多的深层含义。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
So, whether or not the email is addressed specifically to you in like the two field or if maybe you were BCC'd or it's a big email list of which you're just part, that could signify that this is in fact useful for you.
所以，不管这个邮件是不是,单独发给你的,或者这个邮件有一个大的邮件列表,而你正在其中，其实这也暗示了,这个邮件对你是有用的。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
And so Milton writes : "And when we return to our native Olympus" and in a classically oriented poem such as this a phrase like "our native Olympus" would always serve to signify the Christian heaven.
所以在83页他写到：,“当我们回到奥林匹斯山“,在古典主义的诗里，如这句,“我们的奥林匹斯山“通常象征着基督教的天堂。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That would seem to signify less poverty but not by the new poverty measure.
Two ears signify an even better result, while the tail represents the peak of recognition.
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Common and often inconsequential in early pregnancy, later on it can signify serious problems.