What is a sign? Saussure's famous diagrams make it clear enough.

符号是什么，让我们来看看索绪尔有名的图标。

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The Newscorp's rising stock price was a sign that Rupert Murdoch had some idea how to make money and The Wall Street Journal was not doing as well, so it got gobbled up.

新闻集团,全球最大的媒体集团之一默多克家族控制其30%的股份,是鲁珀特·默多克有能力赚钱的标志,而《华尔街日报》做得不好,所以它被吞并了

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