signified

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

n.  所指(语言符号的意义)
v.  表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
signify的过去分词和过去式

复数：signifieds　过去式：signified　第三人称单数：signifieds　过去分词：signified　

BNC.29555

牛津词典

noun

• 所指（语言符号的意义）
  the meaning expressed by a linguistic sign, rather than its form

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。

英英释义

noun

• the meaning of a word or expression
  1. the dictionary gave several senses for the word
  2. in the best sense charity is really a duty
  3. the signifier is linked to the signified
  Synonym:sense

双语例句

• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。
• Two jurors signified their dissent
  两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
• What can be signified as a nation or a place's origin of civilization and the power of survival?
  一个民族，一个地方，以什么来说明其文明的渊源和生存的力量？
• It also signified the continual achievement of its strategic target of "Multiple Brands, Complete Series".
  也标志着多品牌、全系列战略目标的不断实现。
• Candidate here has the meaning that is defined in the hr namespace signified by that prefix.
  Candidate在这里拥有在由其前缀表明的hr名称空间中定义的含义。
• He signified that he couldn't go with them.
  他表示他不能跟他们一起去。
• The old man again signified that it was a notary he desired.
  老人又给了一个同意的表示。
• All those who were in favour signified their approval in the customary manner.
  所有赞成的人都按通常方式表示了他们的意见。
• She was in complete disagreement, and signified this fact in short order.
  她完全不同意，并且立即表明了这一事实。
• The paper holds that there exists such natural relationship between the signified and nonverbal signs.
  非语言符号和所指之间也存在这种自然关系。