| 单词 | meaningful |
| 释义 | meaningful (once / 2135 pages) adj Use the adjective meaningful to describe something that has a purpose, like a political rally for a cause you believe in strongly. You would probably say that your backpacking trip across Asia was meaningful, or worthwhile, but you might not describe three hours watching bad TV shows as meaningful. When something is important or significant, it is meaningful, or "full of meaning." Meaning itself comes from the word mean, which has its roots in the Old English mænan, "to signify, tell, or complain." WORD FAMILYmeaningful: meaningfully, meaningfulness, nonmeaningful+/mean: meaner, meanest, meaning, meaningly, meanly, meanness, means, meant/meaning: meaningful, meaningless, meanings/meaningless: meaninglessly, meaninglessness/meanness: meannesses USAGE EXAMPLESTo avoid a stockpile of holiday cards, “save only those that are meaningful and special,” Tova Weinstock, a professional organizer in Brooklyn, said. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Political and geographical divisions must end, and lawmakers need to focus on the final goal - passing meaningful legislation. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The College Football Playoff rendered the others less meaningful. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) adj having a meaning or purpose a meaningful explanation a meaningful discussion a meaningful pause Syn|Ant meaty, substantive being on topic and prompting thought meaning, pregnant, significantrich in significance or implication purposefulhaving meaning through having an aim purposefulserving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal important, significantimportant in effect or meaning meaningless, nonmeaningful having no meaning or direction or purpose unimportantnot important empty, hollow, vacuousdevoid of significance or point insignificantsignifying nothing mindlesslacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being nonsense, nonsensicalhaving no intelligible meaning purposelessnot evidencing any purpose or goal insignificant, unimportantdevoid of importance, meaning, or force |
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