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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

significance [sɪg'nɪfɪkəns]
  1. 1. noun [u] 重要性
    of no/some significance
    毫无/有一定重要意义

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

significance [sɪgˈnɪfɪkəns]
  1. 1. n.[u] 重要性显著性
    Do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power.
    不要低估核能的重要性
  2. 2. n.[u] 含义意味,暗指
    The significance of his remark became clear only later.
    他的话中深意后来显现出来
  3. 3. n.[u] 意思意义

Collins English-English Dictionary

significance [sɪg'nɪfɪkəns]
  1. 1. n consequence or importance
  2. 2. n something signified, expressed, or intended
  3. 3. n the state or quality of being significant
  4. 4. n [statistics] a measure of the confidence that can be placed in a result, esp a substantive causal hypothesis, as not being merely a matter of chance
  5. 5. n (as modifier) - Compare confidence level - See also hypothesis testing
    a significance level

Examples

of no/some significance
毫无/有一定重要意义
It is of no significance to fight for a unwinnable war.
在一场毫无胜算的战争中拼搏是毫无意义的。
What does "significance level" mean in statistics?
统计学中的显著性水平是什么意思?
People began to realize the historic significance of the war.
His election is also of great significance to Christians everywhere.
他的当选对各地基督徒意义重大。
Psychiatrists had been unable to find anything of significance to explain his actions.
精神科医生一直无法找到任何有意义的东西来解释他的行为。
But some nineteenth-century naturalists tried to minimize the significance of adaptation.
但是一些19世纪的自然学家竭力把适者生存的意义说得不重要。

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