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connotation

noun
🔊/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃn/
🔊/ˌkɑːnəˈteɪʃn/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. an idea suggested by a word in addition to its main meaning含义；隐含意义
    • The word ‘professional’ has connotations of skill and excellence.professional 这个词隐含着技艺和专长的意思。🔊🔊
    • negative connotations贬义
    • It is important to understand the power of connotation.了解内涵的力量很重要。
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    • That word has strong sexual connotations.那个词有很强的性暗示。
    • The notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical.虐待这一概念的内涵不单指身体上的虐待。
    • The term ‘at-risk youth’ has taken on broad connotations.“高危青少年”这一术语有了广泛的引申意义。
    • The term ‘native’ has acquired pejorative connotations among some groups.native （土着）一词在某些群体中逐渐有了贬低的意味。
    • The word carries connotations of romance.这个词带有浪漫之义。
    • There is no sexual connotation to this behaviour/​behavior.这一行为没有任何性暗示。
    • There were political connotations in such choices.这样的选择具有政治含义。
    • the cultural connotations of these conventions这些习俗的文化内涵
    • the derogatory connotation of the term ‘diva’diva （名媛）一词的贬损含义
    • the negative connotations attached to the word ‘academic’academic 这个词所带的贬义
    • the obvious symbolic connotations of his name他名字显而易见的象征意义
    • words that today have religious connotations如今有了宗教含义的词语
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • obvious
    • strong
    • broad
    • …
    verb + connotation
    • acquire
    • carry
    • have
    • …
    preposition
    • connotation of
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin connotatio(n-), from connotare ‘mark in addition’, from con- ‘together with’ + notare ‘to note’.