signify

• vt. 表示；意味；預示
• vi. 有重要性；要緊；冒充內行

sign,標記，記號，-fy,使。引申諸相關詞義。

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.

警察袖子上的袖標標明他正在執勤.

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.

昨天機場升起了聯合國的旗幟，表明控製權已移交給聯合國了。

來自柯林斯例句

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

國家所有本身並不意味集體控製.

來自辭典例句

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

這無所謂, 你不必擔心.

來自辭典例句

5. Do dark clouds signify rain?

有烏雲是否顯示要下雨?

來自辭典例句