signifier

常见例句

And as much as of nationality, perhaps, it is a signifier of (working) class.
就像国籍一样，或许他也是（工人）阶级的象征。
Physical movements embody the intended meaning of the event, so the whole environment becomes a signifier.
身体举止体现了茶艺有意传达的意义，所以整个氛围都变的意味深长。
On French TV, Opel car adverts are now broadcast with the voiceover in German, now a signifier of efficiency even in Paris.
法国电视上现在播出的欧宝汽车的广告配上了德语的画外音，就连在巴黎德语也已经成为效率的标志。

The concept he calls a "signified" and the sound image he calls a "signifier."
事物被称为所指,声音形象被称为能指“
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So that what's new in Saussure's thinking about the relationship between signified and signifier is that the sign tied up in this relationship is both arbitrary and differential.
这就是索绪尔所贡献的了,能指和所指的关系,也就是符号的组成方式,是任意的，有差别的。
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He says: he signification "sign" has always been comprehended and determined, in its sense, as sign-of, signifier referring to a signified, signifier different from its signified.
他说，“符号“的意义“,总是被理解和决定的，在符号这个意义上，能指指向所指，能指与它的所指不同。
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