significant
/sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt/adjective
1
- sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy重要的, 值得注意的; 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, 她的梦想似乎对她特别重要。
2.1
- 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。
派生词
significantly
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin significant- 'indicating'， from the verb significare （see SIGNIFY）.