A possible connotation of"home" is a place of warmth, comfort and affection". “家”的可能涵义是“一个温暖、舒适和爱的地方”。
Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success. 好莱坞一词包含了浪漫与耀眼的成就的含意
Chinese course has abundant humane connotation. 语文课程具有丰富的人文内涵。
connotation
[ noun ]
what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression
<noun.communication>
an idea that is implied or suggested
<noun.cognition>
Connotation \Con`no*ta"tion\ (k[o^]n`n[-o]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. connotation.] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
2. a meaning implied but not explicitly denoted by some word or expression, which may be understood in addition to the explicit primary meaning. [PJC]
3. (Logic) the full set of necessary properties possessed by all the objects within the extension of a term; the intensional meaning of a term, which determines the objects to which the term applies; the intension of a term.
Syn: intension. [PJC]
Explains John Brill of headhunters Hanson Green: "Non-executive' has the connotation of not doing very much.' Even though companies are hiring more non-executives, that does not mean they are making the best use of them.
"The name has got a magic connotation." The quandary facing Britain's Labor Party emerged starkly at its recent annual convention here: how to broaden its appeal without seeming to clutch at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's coattails.
But liberal has taken on a different connotation in American politics, or else why would the opponent have been running away from the label for so long?" Bush responded.
If we called them prairie rats or prairie rodents there wouldn't be that connotation," he said.
The Fertilizer Institute, which represents commercial makers, says the name manure has "a natural connotation" that is misleading.
That _ that has a connotation of worse days in terms of East-West relationship. I think things have move forward so that the connotation that those two words conjure up is entirely different now.
That _ that has a connotation of worse days in terms of East-West relationship. I think things have move forward so that the connotation that those two words conjure up is entirely different now.