implication

Compared meaning: the meaning or importance something carries (noun).

比较义项：某事物所具有的含义或重要性（名词）。

• significance

  The neutral, everyday word for how important or meaningful something is; used broadly in ordinary and formal speech about facts, events, or findings.

  这是最中性、最常用的词，指某事物有多重要或有什么意义；无论日常还是正式场合，谈论事实、事件或研究发现时都常用。

  Scientists are still studying the significance of this discovery for future treatments.

  科学家们仍在研究这项发现对未来治疗的重要意义。

• implication 本词

  Refers to a meaning, effect, or consequence that is suggested or inferred rather than directly stated, often used in the plural about further effects.

  指并未直接说出、而是被暗示或推断出来的含义、影响或后果，常用复数形式表示进一步的影响。

  The implication of her silence was that she disagreed with the plan.

  她的沉默所暗示的含义是，她不同意这个计划。

• import

  A formal, literary word for meaning or importance, often used with adjectives like 'great' or 'little' about serious matters; rare in everyday speech.

  是表示含义或重要性的正式、书面用词，常与great、little等形容词搭配，用于严肃的事务，日常口语中很少使用。

  The committee finally grasped the full import of the leaked documents.

  委员会终于领会到那些泄露文件的重大含义。

Significance, implication, and import can mean the importance of something. Significance is the everyday, neutral word. Implication is a meaning that is suggested, not stated directly, often plural. Import is formal, used for serious matters. Import's 'importing goods' sense and implication's 'involvement' sense aren't compared.

这三个词都可以表示某事物所隐含的含义或重要性，但语气和用法不同：significance 最常用、语域中性；import 更正式、多用于书面语；implication 强调间接暗示或推断出的含义或后果。此处不比较 import 表示“进口”的动词义，也不比较 implication 表示“牵连、涉及”的用法。