meaning

英 ['miːnɪŋ]美['minɪŋ]

meaning, implication, sense

这些名词均含有"含义，意义，意思"之意。

meaning：普通用词，使用广泛。既可指语言表达的意思，又可指手势、符号、表情或艺术品或抽象概念所含的意义。

implication：指暗含的意思。

sense：特指词、短语或句子的某种特定意思。也常指多种解释的一种。

1. Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom": 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。

2. Art has real meaning when it helps people to understand themselves.: 当艺术有助于人们了解自身的时候才有真正的意义。

3. People use scientific terms with no clear idea of their meaning.: 人们使用科学术语，但并非很清楚其含义。

4. She understood his meaning, if not his words, and took his advice.: 她即便没听懂他的话，也明白了他的意思，并且接受了他的建议。

5. I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning.: 我一直在致力于推翻有关意义恒定性的谬谈。