| 英语单词 | emblematic |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌemblə'mætɪk] 美 [ˌemblə'mætɪk] |
| 中文释义 | adj.作为象征的;典型的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The crown is emblematic of power of a king. (2) The violence is emblematic of what is happening in our inner cities. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 王冠是国王权力的象征。 (2) 这种暴力行为正标示了我们市中心贫民区的状况。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something emblematic is symbolic. Empty buildings are emblematic of a city in decline, and a crown is emblematic of royalty. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If you know that an emblem is a visual symbol, then you won't be surprised that emblematic things stand for other things. In fact, the word emblem comes from the French word for symbol. Something emblematic represents a larger issue, good or bad. Sometimes emblematic is used for things that are excellent examples. An A student is an emblematic student, and a war hero is an emblematic soldier. Emblematic people are symbols of what others aspire to be. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]象征(性)的;标志(性)的 If something, such as an object in a picture, is emblematic of a particular quality or an idea, it symbolically represents the quality or idea. [usu v-link ADJ]
2 [ADJ 形容词]代表(性)的;典型(性)的 If you say that something is emblematic of a state of affairs, you mean that it is characteristic of it and represents its most typical features. [usu v-link ADJ
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