• vt. 表示；意味；預(yù)示
• vi. 有重要性；要緊；冒充內(nèi)行

sign,標(biāo)記，記號(hào)，-fy,使。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

signify (v.)

late 13c., "be a sign of, indicate, mean," from Old French signifier (12c.), from Latin significare "to make signs, show by signs, point out, express; mean, signify; foreshadow, portend," from significus (adj.), from signum "sign" (see sign (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Intransitive sense of "to be of importance" is attested from 1660s. Meaning "engage in mock-hostile banter" is American English black slang first recorded 1932.

...'signifying,' which in Harlemese means making a series of oblique remarks apparently addressed to no one in particular, but unmistakable in intention in such a close-knit circle. ["Down Beat," March 7, 1968]

1. The striped band round a policeman's sleeve is to signify that he is on duty.

警察袖子上的袖標(biāo)標(biāo)明他正在執(zhí)勤.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.

昨天機(jī)場(chǎng)升起了聯(lián)合國的旗幟，表明控制權(quán)已移交給聯(lián)合國了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. State ownership in itself does not signify collective control.

國家所有本身并不意味集體控制.

來自辭典例句

4. It doesn't signify, so you needn't worry about it.

這無所謂, 你不必?fù)?dān)心.

來自辭典例句

5. Do dark clouds signify rain?

有烏云是否顯示要下雨?

來自辭典例句