epitomize

英 [ɪˈpɪtəmaɪz]

美 [ɪˈpɪtəmaɪz]

v.  成为…的典范(或典型)

过去分词：epitomized　第三人称单数：epitomizes　过去式：epitomized　现在分词：epitomizing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.21542 / COCA.12479

牛津词典

verb

• 成为…的典范（或典型）
  to be a perfect example of sth
  1. The fighting qualities of the team are epitomized by the captain.
     这个队的战斗精神从队长身上体现出来。
  2. These movies seem to epitomize the 1950s.
     这些影片似乎就是20世纪50年代的缩影。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 epitomise


• VERB 成为…的典范;作为…的缩影
  If you say that something or someoneepitomizesa particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it.
  1. Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called 'bouchons'.
     被称作bouchon的里昂小餐馆是里昂饮食的缩影。
  2. ...the sleek lift that epitomized the hotel's glossy decor.
     作为酒店浮华装潢之缩影的豪华电梯

英英释义

verb

• embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
  1. The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
  Synonym:typifyepitomise

双语例句

• Howard's China policies epitomize Australian Government's long-term strategy towards China.
  霍华德任期内的对华政策是澳大利亚政府长期以来对华战略的缩影。
• Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called 'bouchons'.
  被称作bouchon的里昂小餐馆是里昂饮食的缩影。
• But together you epitomize and recognize the immense and vital role that a vibrant private sector has in promoting economic opportunity, and in improving the standards and quality of life for all within each of our communities and nations.
  但是你们有共同的体现和认识，说明民间部门的繁茂昌盛对于增进经济机会，改善我们各自社区和国家内全体人民的生活标准和生活质量发挥了不可估量的重要作用。
• Though short and concise, song titles epitomize all the important information of the songs and they are very helpful in drawing listeners'attention and disseminating the songs widely among people.
  英文歌曲名称虽然简短，却概括出整首歌曲的重要信息，吸引听众注意力。
• Taken as a whole, this series of paintings and woodcuts can, to a certain extent, epitomize a period of history.
  总体来看，整个系列的故事在一定程度上可以视为一个时代的缩影。
• This paper attempts to research the pathos consciousness of Zhuang-zi who is the epitomize of Taoist school in pre-Qin of our country. Zhuang-zi is not only an important thinker but also the richest aesthetic philosopher in the history of china.
  本文尝试对我国先秦道家学派集大成者庄子的悲情意识予以研究。庄子是我国历史上一位重要的思想家，亦是先秦最富有美学意味的哲学家。
• Brand is symbols that epitomize all kinds of important information of enterprise.
  品牌是符号，浓缩企业各种重要信息的符号。
• Will the departure of CEO Howard Stringer, whose stumbles have come to epitomize the struggles of the once-great Sony Corp., turn things around for the media-and-electronics conglomerate?
  霍华德•斯金格在索尼（SonyCorp.）失误连连的首席执行官生涯正是曾经伟大的索尼集团而今艰难处境的缩影，他的下台能换来这个传媒及电子巨头重振雄风的一天吗？
• In China, the situation rises to the level of a cultural crisis since the characters, more than any other facet of life, epitomize thousands of years of tradition.
  在中国，这种情税已经发展到引起一场文化危机的地步，因为汉字是几千年中华文化的象征。
• Language is the symbolic representation of things in categories. Idioms, as a special language form, epitomize these conceptual structures.
  而语言是对一类事物进行概括的符号表征，习语作为一种特殊的语言形式集中反映了这些概念结构。