signifier

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪə(r)]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪər]

n.  能指(语言符号的形式)

复数：signifiers　

BNC.17727 / COCA.17182

牛津词典

noun

• 能指（语言符号的形式）
  the form of a linguistic sign, for example its sound or its printed form, rather than the meaning it expresses

英英释义

noun

• the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
  1. the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
  Synonym:formword formdescriptor

双语例句

• In this sense, language forms could be explained or there is a relation between the signified and signifier.
  如此看来，语言形式是可以被解释的，在能指和所指之间也存在着联系。
• According to Saussure, language is a sign system and the signifier and the signified, which form the signs, are unique in different languages.
  依据索绪尔的语言学理论，语言是一个符号系统，构成语言符号的能指与所指在每一种语言中都是不同的。
• For Lacan, the term "signifier chain" refers to the interrelations between different symbols or words.
  对于拉岗而言，「符号链」提到不同符号及文字的关系。
• I hope to make the meaning obscure and the range of signifier broader.
  我希望使得其中的含义模糊不清、能指范围更为广阔。
• Therefore, the signifier of "the Name-of-the-Father" does not necessarily relate to the character of "father", nor does it point to a certain person or a certain object.
  因此，父亲之名的能指并不与父亲这个人物有必然的联系，也不固定指向某尹人或某物。
• A symbol may be defined in general terms as a signifier of a complex nature which always places its most important referent outside of itself.
  一个“象征”大致可以定义为复杂含义的“标示”物。而这个“含义”总是不在这个象征本身。
• This relation is called a differential relation because one signifier can never signify itself, it must always refer to other signifiers.
  这个关系被称为延异关系，因为符号无法单指自己，总是会提及其他符号。
• The subject of the signifier is precisely this lack, this impossibility to find a signifier which would be "his own": the failure of his representation is a positive condition.
  能指的主体正是这个缺失，是找到可能是“他自己”的一个能指的这个不可能性：他的表象的失败是一个肯定的条件。
• By separating signified and signifier, it analyses the existence of God in language.
  并从解构主义的角度出发，从能指和所指分离入手，解构了上帝在语言上的存在，分析了上帝存在命题的多角度走向。
• Sitting and standing tall is considered the second-most important leadership signifier, no matter what type of office environment you work in.
  坐姿和站姿被视为第二个最重要的领导形象，无论你处在哪种办公环境里都是如此。