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typify v.作为某人或某物的典型；代表；象征 (1) 这次护士罢工集中地反映出公众对医疗事业的关心。(2) 那萦绕于心头的吉他旋律象征了这个乐队的音乐。 Something that's characteristic of a group of people typifies them. You might observe, for example, that studying late on a Friday night typifies your college friends who are math majors. You could also say that sunny days and cool nights typify autumn in New England, since that's the typical weather for that particular place and time. The root word is Greek — typos, which means "dent, impression, mark, figure, or original form."

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英 ['tɪpɪfaɪ] 美 ['tɪpɪfaɪ] (1) The nurses' strike typifies public concern about our hospitals.(2) The haunting guitar melodies typify the band's music. To typify is to represent what is typical of something or someone. You might say that screaming and door slamming typify your spoiled cousin if that kind of behavior is exactly the kind of thing she usually does. 1[VERB 动词]是…的典型；代表 If something or someone typifies a situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it.   [V n]These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.这两座建筑物体现了爱尔兰建筑风格的极致多变。…a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons.对以核武器发展为代表的科学成就的反对…a more intelligent and articulate breed of disc jockeys, typified by university graduate Simon Mayo.更机智、更有口才的一类电台音乐主持人，以大学毕业生西蒙·梅奥为代表

英语单词	typify
英美音标	英 ['tɪpɪfaɪ] 美 ['tɪpɪfaɪ]
中文释义	v.作为某人或某物的典型；代表；象征
英语例句	(1) The nurses' strike typifies public concern about our hospitals. (2) The haunting guitar melodies typify the band's music.
中文例句	(1) 这次护士罢工集中地反映出公众对医疗事业的关心。 (2) 那萦绕于心头的吉他旋律象征了这个乐队的音乐。
vocabulary简明	To typify is to represent what is typical of something or someone. You might say that screaming and door slamming typify your spoiled cousin if that kind of behavior is exactly the kind of thing she usually does.
vocabulary扩展	Something that's characteristic of a group of people typifies them. You might observe, for example, that studying late on a Friday night typifies your college friends who are math majors. You could also say that sunny days and cool nights typify autumn in New England, since that's the typical weather for that particular place and time. The root word is Greek — typos, which means "dent, impression, mark, figure, or original form."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]是…的典型；代表 If something or someone typifies a situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it. [V n] These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture. 这两座建筑物体现了爱尔兰建筑风格的极致多变。 …a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons. 对以核武器发展为代表的科学成就的反对 …a more intelligent and articulate breed of disc jockeys, typified by university graduate Simon Mayo. 更机智、更有口才的一类电台音乐主持人，以大学毕业生西蒙·梅奥为代表

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