social meaning

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The third category, however, tied to social meaning, presents an extremely difficult set of challenges.
但第三类，由于关联到社交涵义，所以是个极难的挑战。
Includes "identificational meaning, expressive meaning, associative meaning, social meaning, and imperative meaning." (Lunwen)
包括“身份意义（identificational meaning）、表达意义、联想意义（associative meaning）、社会意义和祈使意义（imperative meaning）。”
The layering of wrapping also has important social meaning―more wrapping means more politeness.
包装的层数也具有重要的社交含义——层数越多，表示越客气。
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She has studied the social meaning of American Sign Language as well as the Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language in Israel.
Following a transformation the study of which is not the concern of the social sciences but rather of biology and psychology, a crossing over came about from a stage where nothing had a meaning to another where everything possessed it.
这门学科并不属社会科学的范畴,而是属于生物学，心理学，此种转变是一种跨越，从一个什么都没有意义的时代到,一个每样东西都能表达的时代的。
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Then you would likely see the earnings cap for social security removed, meaning everyone would pay social security on their entire earnings, not just salary but entire income.
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It discusses in depth the relations between nationalities and the concept of welfare models and the social meaning of the degree of this correlation.
本章分析了基诺族和布朗族的基本福利惯习即福利模式观念，深入讨论了民族与福利模式观念的相关性及其相关强度的社会意义。
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In journalism English, euphemism transfers the intention of journalist as well as its social meaning and cultural connotation.
新闻英语中的委婉语所表达的不仅仅是作者的意图，还可能传递社会意义和文化内涵。