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Symbolic Represents Today Thing Word Similar Adj 形容词

英语单词 symbolic
英美音标 英 [sɪm'bɒlɪk] 美 [sɪm'bɒlɪk]
中文释义 adj.象征的;符号的
n.代号
英语例句 (1) It is highly philosophical and symbolic.
(2) Dreams of ill health can be either literal or symbolic warnings.
(3) The power of the monarchy in britain today is more symbolical than real.
(4) MatLab has a strong symbolic operation function.
中文例句 (1) 其中蕴涵着深刻的哲理和丰富的象征。
(2) 生病的梦会是真正的或象征的警告。
(3) 今日英国君主的权力多为象征性的,无甚实际意义。
(4) MatLab具有强大的符号运算功能.
vocabulary简明 When one thing represents something else that's more abstract, it is symbolic, like a cowboy's black hat in western films is symbolic of his sinister intentions.
vocabulary扩展 Images and designs on flags are often symbolic of something about a country, for instance, New Zealand's flag shows four stars that are symbolic of the constellation Crux. We're not sure exactly where the word symbolic came from, because several languages have similar words with similar meanings. The word could have come from the French symbolique, the Latin symbolicus, or the Greek sumbolikos.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词](事件、行动、程序)象征的,象征性的 If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
  • A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip...

    许多拉丁美洲的官员都在强调此行的重要象征意义。

  • The move today was largely symbolic.

    今天的举动在很大程度上只是象征性的。

symbolically
  • It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important.

    这只是一个非常简单的举动,却寓意深刻。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]象征…的;作为…的象征的 Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.
  [usu v-link ADJ of n]
  • Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...

    穿上黄色的衣服象征着春天来了。

  • The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.

    一个女人把长发剪短就表示她想要改变生活。

symbolically
  • Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity.

    每一个圈都象征着全人类。

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[ADJ 形容词]符号的;记号的 Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...symbolic representations of landscape.

    地貌的符号化呈现

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