signifying

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
signify的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• Intense contraction of facial muscles, such as those used in signifying fear, heightens arousal.
  面部肌肉的紧张收缩，比如那些被用来预示恐惧的肌肉，加强了唤醒。
• A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
  意味者赞成或者荣誉的明确的记号。
• The word holiday originally meant "holy day," signifying an important day on the religious calendar.
  “节日”这个词在英语中的原义是“神圣的日子”，指的是宗教日历上的重要日子。
• You can now hear a ding-bang-whoosh signifying an e-mail from your manager, or a bell-squawk-chirp to let you know your bank statement is available.
  现在您可以听到ding-bang-whoosh表示电子邮件来自您的经理，或者bell-squawk-chirp表示您的银行对帐单可以使用了。
• Rub-out: Computer code signifying "null" and used to delete.
  擦去：表示无效的电脑代码，用来作取消用。
• The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was reopened, signifying the reunion of East and West germany.
  柏林的勃兰登堡在这一天重新开放，意味者东德和西德的统一。
• Signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity.
  表示某数量的准确除数或者因数。
• The plug-in provider field is a human-readable string signifying the author of the plug-in.
  插件提供者字段是一个人类可读的字符串，表示插件的作者。
• If you perform another set on this name/ value pair, the extra value returned by the gets will change, signifying that the name/ value pair has been updated.
  如果对此名称/值对执行另一个set命令，则gets返回的额外值将会发生更改，以表明名称/值对已经被更新。
• The subject tries to articulate himself in a signifying representation, and the representation fails;
  主体试图在一个能指的表象中链接他自己，而这个表象失败了；