signified

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

n.  所指(语言符号的意义)
v.  表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
signify的过去分词和过去式

复数：signifieds　过去式：signified　第三人称单数：signifieds　过去分词：signified　

BNC.29555

牛津词典

noun

• 所指（语言符号的意义）
  the meaning expressed by a linguistic sign, rather than its form

柯林斯词典

• VERB 表示;意味着;意思是
  If an event, a sign, or a symbolsignifiessomething, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing.
  1. The contrasting approaches to Europe signified a sharp difference between the major parties...
     对欧洲截然不同的态度表明两大政党间存在巨大差异。
  2. The symbol displayed outside a restaurant signifies there's excellent cuisine inside.
     餐馆外的招牌表明里面有美味佳肴可以享用。
• VERB (用记号或手势)表明，表达，表示
  If yousignifysomething, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning.
  1. Two jurors signified their dissent...
     两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
  2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.
     昨天机场升起了联合国的旗帜，表明控制权已移交给联合国了。

英英释义

noun

• the meaning of a word or expression
  1. the dictionary gave several senses for the word
  2. in the best sense charity is really a duty
  3. the signifier is linked to the signified
  Synonym:sense

双语例句

• All those who were in favour signified their approval in the customary manner.
  所有赞成的人都按通常方式表示了他们的意见。
• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。
• His presence no longer signified.
  他在不在场已不重要。
• Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult
  当了父亲意味着他已是个成年人了。
• They found duck could hatch a brood of little ducks, which denoted ( signified) the original husbandry.
  他们发现鸭子能够孵出更多的小鸭子，这标志着原始畜牧业的开始。
• It signified priority and urgency.
  这意味着优先度和紧急程度。
• She was in complete disagreement, and signified this fact in short order.
  她完全不同意，并且立即表明了这一事实。
• It signified the journey that had to be made to find the light of truth.
  象征了去寻找真理之光，必须经过的旅程。
• The wrinkles on his face signified that he had lived a hard life.
  他脸上的皱纹表示他饱受人间的辛酸。
• The drop of the "Engel's coefficient" signified a new improvement in people's quality of life.
  “恩格尔系数”的下降，标志着人们的生活质量有了新的提高。