meaningful,significant 都是有意义的,怎么区分?

meaningful,significant 都是有意义的,怎么区分?
meaningful,significant 都是有意义的,怎么区分?

meaningful,significant 都是有意义的,怎么区分?
其实最简单的方法,一般情况下都是用meaningful,重大的事情才是significant

meaningful的“有意义”，是指某件事具有一定作用或目的的；此外还有“意味深长”的意思
而significant的“有意义”，是指某件事具有重大的影响或纪念价值
比如现在美国总统选举，假如某位重量级人物给予某个候选人支持，这就是significant support而非meaningful support；
但如果某位候选人发表了一篇发人深省的演讲，这就是a mean...

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meaningful的“有意义”，是指某件事具有一定作用或目的的；此外还有“意味深长”的意思
而significant的“有意义”，是指某件事具有重大的影响或纪念价值
比如现在美国总统选举，假如某位重量级人物给予某个候选人支持，这就是significant support而非meaningful support；
但如果某位候选人发表了一篇发人深省的演讲，这就是a meaningful speech而非a significant speech

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meaningful主要针对人的话语 意味深长的
significant主要针对某件事情的意义 很有意义的

meaningful
a. 意味深长的 having a meaning or purpose
例子：
a meaningful explanation
a meaningful discussion
a meaningful pause
The report says the drugs had meaningful results only...

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meaningful
a. 意味深长的 having a meaning or purpose
例子：
a meaningful explanation
a meaningful discussion
a meaningful pause
The report says the drugs had meaningful results only in the most severely depressed patients.
At the same time, the fact that I took chances (and often failed) gave me the wisdom that I have today. Lessons learned through failure tend to be much more meaningful than lessons learned otherwise.
significant [sig'nifikənt]
a. 重要的,有含义的,暗示的,有效的,非偶然的;相当数量的
n.【古】[C]
1.有意义的事物
2.标志,象征

a. 重要的,有含义的,暗示的,有效的,非偶然的;相当数量的
n.【古】[C]
1.有意义的事物
2.标志,象征
常用短语
significant digit
有效数位，有效数字
significant figure
有效数字
a significant change in tax laws
a significant change in the Constitution
a significant contribution
significant details
statistically significant
too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
[例]
the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level
no significant difference was found
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fairly large
[won by a substantial margin
rich in significance or implication
参考例句
significant casualties;no significant opposition.
相当大的伤亡;没多少反对意见
A significant change in the tax laws.
税务法律中的一个重大变化
our fatherland will probably suffer a significant loss which may be difficult to be estimated by money.In a significant way,

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