highly significant• Group action may however be highly significant.• We see birth as highly significant, but not as an isolated experience.• The growth of the librarysupplier has been a highly significant development of the past 20 years.• Those who later gave birth to sons averaged 2. 26, a highly significantdifference.• The number is highly significant in all esotericteachings.• The experiments were repeated many times with similar results which were highly significant statistically.
statistically significant• For quite a large number of items, the relationship with the answer to this question was statistically significant.• Results in the two groups were compared with unpaired, two-tailed ttests; p 0 05 was statistically significant.• The difference, however, was not statistically significant.• These findings are worrisome, even though these increases were not statistically significant.• This effect was not statistically significant.• No statistically significant difference in performance was discovered between those with and those without recent study experience.• In 66 cases there was a statistically significant effect which could not be explained by any other means.• Hiatal hernia was the only statistically significantpredictor of oesophageal mucosal status.
Originsignificant
(1500-1600)Latin present participle of significare; → SIGNIFY
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove很重要;證明影響較深▸➤become變得重要▸➤remain仍然有重要意義▸➤consider sth (as), deem sth, find sth, regard sth as, see sth as, think sth, view sth as認為⋯重要;相信⋯重要◇The move was regarded as significant in Japan.這一舉動在日本被認為意義重大。➤make sth使⋯重要◇What makes this discovery significant is that it goes against our theory.這一發現的重要意義在於它與我們的理論背道而馳。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常重要▸➤deeply, highly有深刻意義;極其重要▸➤especially, particularly尤其/特別重要➤potentially可能很重要➤equally同樣很重要◇His records are impressive, but equally significant are the methods that he used to achieve them.他的記錄令人印象深刻,但是同樣值得注意的是他取得這些記錄的方法。➤statistically統計學上有重要意義◇These differences are not statistically significant.這些差異在統計學上意義不大。➤biologically, culturally, historically, militarily, politically, etc.生物學上、文化上、歷史上、軍事上、政治上等有重要意義PREPOSITION➤for對⋯來說很重要◇This development proved highly significant for the whole town.這一開發對整個城鎮來說太重要了。➤to對⋯有意義◇rituals which are deeply significant to Christians對基督徒具有深刻意義的儀式