The signifier is usually expressed as sound or image.

能指通常表现为声音或图像。

Signifier is a concept corresponding to the signified.

能指是与所指相对应的概念。

he signifier refers to a sign with a specific meaning that can trigger people's conceptual associations with specific objects.

能指指一个有特定含义的记号能够引发人们对特定对象事物的概念联想。

Connectedness is now a crucial social signifier.

联通性是一项重要的社交标志物。

Everything emerges from the structure of the signifier.

一切事情的出现，都来自意符的结构。

the signified-signifier relationship, as I said, is arbitrary.

所指和能指的关系，就如我刚才说的，是任意的。

He USES alcohol as a signifier of the petty, the negative and the evil.

他以酒精象征狭隘、消极和罪恶。

And as much as of nationality, perhaps, it is a signifier of (working) class.

就像国籍一样，或许他也是(工人)阶级的象征。