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signature

noun
 
🔊/ˈsɪɡnətʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈsɪɡnətʃər/
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  1.  
    [countable] your name as you usually write it, for example at the end of a letter签名；署名
    • Someone had forged her signature on the cheque.有人在支票上伪造了她的签名。🔊🔊
    • They collected 10 000 signatures for their petition.他们在请愿书上征集了 1 万人的签名。🔊🔊
    • He was attacked for having put his signature to the deal.他因在协议上签了字而受到攻击。🔊🔊
    • Can you witness my signature on my will, please?你能在我的遗嘱上见证我的签名吗？
    see also e-signature, electronic signature
    Extra Examples
    • The form requires the signatures of two witnesses.该表格需两名证人签字。
    • The law recognizes a digital signature for online transactions.法律认可在线交易时数字签名有效。
    • The salesperson verifies the signature by comparing it with the one on the card.销售人员把签名和卡上的字迹进行对比核实。
    • The will bears her signature.遗嘱有她的签名。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • illegible
    • handwritten
    • valid
    • …
    verb + signature
    • put
    • scrawl
    • scribble
    • …
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  2.  
    [uncountable] (formal) the act of signing something签名；署名；签字；签署
    • Two copies of the contract will be sent to you for signature.合同一式两份，将送交您签署。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • illegible
    • handwritten
    • valid
    • …
    verb + signature
    • put
    • scrawl
    • scribble
    • …
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    [countable, usually singular] a particular quality that makes something different from other similar things and makes it easy to recognize明显特征；鲜明特色；识别标志
    • Bright colours are his signature.他总爱用亮丽的色彩。🔊🔊
    • The signature flavours of Thai cookery are coriander and lime.泰式烹饪的特色风味是香菜和酸橙。
    • Each song bears the signature of its performer.每首歌都带有演唱者的独特风格。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • characteristic
    • distinctive
    • telltale
    • …
    verb + signature
    • detect
    • bear
    • leave
    • …
    preposition
    • signature of
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    4. see also digital signature, key signature, time signature
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term): from medieval Latin signatura ‘sign manual’ (in late Latin denoting a marking on sheep), from Latin signare ‘to sign, mark’.