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TOEFL BNC: 1922 COCA: 2937

significance

Word family 
sig·nif·i·cance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ ●●○ noun [singular, uncountableU]
1  IMPORTANTthe importance of an event, action etc, especially because of the effects or influence it will have in the future 重要性，意義〔尤指對將來的影響〕 OPP insignificance
Stella didn’t attach any significance to Doug’s query.
斯特拉沒有在意道格的提問。
significance of
the significance of climate change
氣候變化的重要意義
The book assesses the significance of Stalin’s policies between 1927 and 1939.
這本書對1927到1939年間斯大林政策的意義作了評價。
significance for
The results of the study have a wider significance for all the profession.
這項研究的結果對於整個業界來說具有更爲廣泛的意義。
great/little significance (in/to/for something)
The crime problem has great significance to the general public.
犯罪問題對公衆來說事關重大。
grasp/appreciate the significance (of something) (=fully understand something) 領會（某事的）重要性
The press were slow to grasp the significance of what happened.
新聞界遲遲沒有領會此次事件的意義。
2  MEANINGthe meaning of a word, sign, action etc, especially when this is not immediately clear 〔尤指不是顯而易見的〕意思，含義
significance of
the significance of the words that refer to the bread Christ shares with his disciples
講到耶稣基督分餅給門徒的那段經文的含義
full/real/true significance
Only later did we realize the true significance of his remark.
我們直到後來才明白他那番話的真正含意。
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
great/considerable significance
The judge said the new evidence was of great significance.
little significance
This information on its own is of little significance.
wider significance
The research dealt with one small group, but their conclusions are of much wider significance.
special significance
This place has a special significance for Icelanders.
political/social/historical etc significance
The political significance of this change should not be underestimated.
verbs
have significance
A child's relationship to his parents has a lasting significance for his future relationships.
attach significance to something (=give something importance)
They say they don't attach much significance to opinion polls.
take on a new/special etc significance (=start to have it)
Sporting competitions took on a new political significance during the Cold War.
acquire/assume significance formal (=take on significance)
As links with Europe continue to grow, language learning assumes even greater significance.
grasp/appreciate/understand the significance of something
The press was slow to grasp the significance of what had happened.
assess the significance of something (=decide how important something is)
It is often difficult to assess the significance of an event until more time has passed.
Examples from the Corpus
significance• The killings have been dubbed the number 12 murders because of the number's apparent significance to the killer.• I hope that the people of Northern Ireland will draw significance from that.• Chaotic population dynamics has a surprising cross-level effect which has enormous significance for genetic structure and evolution.• But the main significance of Chasidism was its reaction against the intellectualism of some rabbinical traditions.• For our purposes, politics is associated with those aspects of life that have public significance.• Nothing can be more exciting than the first time you receive red roses. They have special significance.• Each separation contains symbolic significance, incorporating transitional stages of liminality.• Freud explained the significance of some of the objects and situations in Anna's dream.• Too frequently, managers forget the significance of a group as a source of power and influence on individuals.• Unhappily, the significance of the Service is still largely unrecognized, if Congressional appropriations can be taken as evidence.
grasp/appreciate the significance (of something)• Burty grasped the significance of the photographic Nemesis.• The reader will no doubt appreciate the significance of this statement.• They sat down for a meal with the missionaries, fully appreciating the significance of their actions.• This ensures that only those who fully appreciate the significance of the modules are included in the sanctioning procedure.• If they are left unaware of impending judgment they will not appreciate the significance of salvation.• In these days of piped water supply, it is difficult to appreciate the significance and importance of sources of pure water.• One does not need to acquire hermeneutical skills to appreciate the significance and personal challenge presented by the great truths of salvation.• To appreciate the significance of the lyrical origin of tragedy, we must first elucidate lyric poetry as such.
full/real/true significance• But there is a real significance in psychological attention to the year 2000 already apparent.• This is an esoteric law which can explain much to those capable of noting its real significance.• Although there is a difference, the distinction between the two may be philosophical, with no real significance for us.• There is one artist in every generation whose work possesses real significance, he said.• At this stage we were not aware of the full significance of the movement of the spoil to form the rampart.• The full significance of these combinations is as yet uncertain.• The true significance of Kirov's death doubtless eluded him.• Their predecessors are still to be found, sometimes cheaply with those who do not know their true significance and worth.

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