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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Singing opera is based on the Western-centric dramas, set instrumental, vocal epitomize, music and drama is the highest integrated form of the classic Western drama on behalf of the arts.
  而西洋歌剧是以歌唱为中心的戏剧，集器乐、声乐、舞美之大成，是音乐与戏剧的最高综合形式，是西方戏剧艺术的经典代表。
• 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？
• It also epitomize at training ability of coaches and athletes in the classification and characteristic, sort and difference, and then discusses the effective means of the training ability.
  探讨了训练能力实施措施为培养有竞争性的运动员，提高训练质量和效率，发展我国的中长跑事业及中长跑训练能力有积极的指导意义。
• 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。
• The price of the omnipresent crisp, golden loaf seemed to epitomize the rising cost of living and the shortage of cash in consumers'pockets.
  无所不在的松脆的、金色的面包条的价格似乎概括了生活费用上升和消费者口袋里现金短缺的现象。
• He portrayed himself as a celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines.
  他把自己描绘为一位独身主义者，故意摆出某种姿态来象徵他的坚定品格，但是他至少有两位妻子或小妾。