meaning: is the general term used of anything, such as a word, sign, poem, or action, requiring or allowing of interpretation: the poem's ~ has been fiercely debated.


sense: denotes the meaning or a particular meaning of a word or phrase: used "nighthawk" in its figurative ~.  夜鹰，夜生活者  比喻的


acceptation: is used of a sense of a word or phrase as regularly understood by most people: the writer isn't using "sane" in its common ~.


signification: denotes the established meaning of a term, symbol, or character: any Christian would immediately know the ~ of "INRI".      INRI是拉丁语中"拿撒勒人耶稣，犹太人的王"的首字母缩写，Latin acronym for "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews"


significance: applies to a covert as distinguished from the ostensible meaning of an utterance, act, or work of art: an agreement that seemed to have little ~ at the time.  （covert未公开的：强调不公开这一事实stresses the fact of not being open or declared，如covert operations against guerrilla forces针对游击队的秘密行动）  （ostensible表面上的宣称的implies what is openly declared or logically implied，如business was the ostensible reason for their visit他们到访的表面目的是谈生意）


import: suggests momentousness and denotes the meaning or impression a speaker conveyed through language: failed at first to appreciate the ~ of the news.  （moment时刻，派生出两个形容词, momentary表示短暂来了就走suggests coming and going quickly，如Trump met Liu He momentarily in the conference room特朗普去会议室短暂会见了刘鹤；momentary表示重要即本词的形容词important。只能死记）   （convey连续传送传达suggests the continuous movement of something in mass，如the pipeline conveys oil for more than a thousand miles管道将石油传送到千里之外。传送带conveyer belt，如please put your check-in baggage on the conveyer belt请把您的托运行李放到传送带上）


meaning意义: 通用于任何可以阐释的事物或现象，如词语符号诗歌行为，sense词意: 表示词或短语的意思，acceptation常用词意: 词或短语的常用的大家熟知的意思，signification意义: 指确定的意义(established meaning)，如术语符号字符的确定意义，significance意义: 指隐含的而不是外显的意义，用于声明行动作品等，import意义:  表示重要意义

记忆方法： 1）首字母MSASSI是群众is mass<==我们工作的意义

           2）中文中的"词义"和"词意"经常混用，它们有区别，"词义"包括词的本义和引申义,一个词的最初的含义称作本义，以本义为出发点,根据它反映的事物现象的特点,词在发展过程中会产生与本义相关但不相同的意义,称作引申义。"词意"是词包含的意思。词义是sense,词意是meaning。同义词指"词义"相近(本义或引申义)；每组最后归纳的...的意思是...，是这一组词的"词意"

           3）意义的意思是传达给大脑的想法mean an idea which is conveyed to the mind.   idea泛指想法主意是想法的基础词，20171215