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“Symbolically” means that something is important because of what it represents, even if it has little practical effect, or it is done in a way that uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities. It is the adverb form of “symbolic”.
“Symbolically” means that something is important because of what it represents, even if it has little practical effect, or it is done in a way that uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities. It is the adverb form of “symbolic”.
1a symbolic action is important because of what it represents but may not have any real effectsymbolic gesture/act The protest was a symbolic gesture of anger at official policy.symbolic significance/importance a meeting of symbolic importancepurely/largely symbolic It was a largely symbolic gesture from a government trying to win support.2representing a particular idea or quality: Each element of the ceremony has a symbolic meaning.symbolic of Today’s fighting is symbolic of the chaos which the country is facing.3using or involving symbols: A map is a form of symbolic representation.—symbolically /-kli/ adverbCOLLOCATIONSnounsa symbolic gesture· They fired arrows out to sea in a symbolic gesture of defiance.a symbolic act· Lighting the Olympic flame is a symbolic act.symbolic importance/significance· The capture of the city was of great symbolic importance.adverbslargely symbolic· The vote was largely symbolic.purely symbolic· Our protest was meant to be purely symbolic.
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symbolically
[sɪm'bɒlɪklɪ]
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象征性地(75%)，象征地(25%)
adv.象征性地；象征意义地
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