1. He did not understand the significance of my wink.
    他没有领会我眨眼的意思。

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2. The proposals they put forward at the meeting were of little significance.
    他们在会上提出的建议无足轻重。

3. What is the significance of this speech?
    这个讲话有什么意义？

1. 显著性：4.显著性(Significance)首次由Fisher在假设检验中提出.假设检验中有两种错误: 拒真和纳伪.显著性检验仅考虑发生拒真错误的概率,也就是考虑原假设的Significance的程度,把拒真的概率控制在提前所给定的阈值alpha之下,来考虑检验原假设是否正确.

1. 重要性;意义
    The significance of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation.

    e.g. Ideas about the social significance of religion have changed over time...
           关于宗教的社会意义的看法已经随着时间的变迁而改变。
    e.g. A sacred site might be a mountain that is of some significance to a tribe.
           对一个部落有重大意义的一座山峰可能就是一处圣地。

1. the quality of being significant

    e.g. do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power

2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

    e.g. the significance of his remark became clear only later
           the expectation was spread both by word and by implication

    Synonym: importimplication

3. the message that is intended or expressed or signified

    e.g. what is the meaning of this sentence
           the significance of a red traffic light
           the signification of Chinese characters
           the import of his announcement was ambiguous

    Synonym: meaningsignificationimport