significance
/sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns/noun
mass noun
1
- the quality of being worthy of attention; importance显著; 重要性：
adolescent education was felt to be a social issue of some significance.
青少年教育问题被认为是比较重要的社会问题。
2
- the meaning to be found in words or events意义; 含义：
the significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her.
我比她更了解所发生的一切的意义。
3
- （亦作statistical significance）the extent to which a result deviates from that expected to arise simply from random variation or errors in sampling统计显著性。
词源
late Middle English (denoting unstated meaning)： from Old French， or from Latin significantia, from significare 'indicate， portend'.