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。
• Even as it has come to epitomize a certain kind of urbane civilian cool, green field jackets have given way to camouflage prints in the U.S. Army, and the top brass decided to retire the green service uniform as well.
  尽管它已成为某种城市平民时尚的酷风尚，但是军绿野战服已让位给美国军队的迷彩印花，军队高层也已决定淘汰绿色军服。
• This thesis sets images of monsters in supernatural evil-spirit novels of Ming and Qing as research subjects and tries to epitomize the characteristic and idiosyncrasy of it as a whole.
  本文以明清神魔小说中的妖怪形象为研究对象，试图从总体上归纳明清神魔小说中妖怪形象的特征与特质，探讨其文化意蕴、审美特征和文学功能。
• The application of the index system shows that the assessment system can epitomize the main characteristics of a water management system and can easily, unequivocally assess the water management system.
  运用结果表明，这一评价系统能有效地抽象出水管理体系的主要特性，简洁明了地对水管理体系进行定性评价。
• What difference does it make if she's a groundbreaking twentieth-century feminist and the writer she values has come to epitomize the English literary tradition?
  如果一位深具开创性的二十世纪女性主义者，景仰的却是象征英国文学传统的作家，会创造出怎样的火花？
• First chapter is analyzes Mei Lanfang and Kandinsky "the Boner audiences is long" and in the artistic creation in the artistic absorption "establishes a new school", pointed out they" epitomize "in respective domain.
  第一章是分析梅兰芳与康定斯基在艺术吸收上的博纳众长和艺术创作上的独树一帜，指出他们在各自领域的集大成。
• 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。
• The second chapter discloses the abundant and multiply connotation of the scientific school, moreover, epitomize the features of the scientific school.
  第二章揭示科学学派内涵的丰富性、多维性，对其本质特征进行分析概括；
• 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。
• 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。