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

• The dissertation generalize theory of flutter and other wind-generated vibration, and epitomize the pop and the difficult problem of wind engineering.
  总结了颤振和其他风致振动的理论；
• Brand epitomize a brand symbol from important information of reputation, culture, product, quality, technology and potential of enterprise and shape its variety fame and praise of society to the public so as to product received by customer with brand.
  把企业的信誉、文化、产品、质量、科技、潜力等重要信息凝练成一个品牌符号，着力塑造其广泛社会知名度和美誉度，烙印到公众心里，使产品随着品牌符号走进到消费者心里。
• Demonstrated on the shriveling exterior of the sculpture, the young woman painfully and drastically ages into exhausted elderly woman that reveal time and history that classical sculptures epitomize.
  塑像外表的皱纹，见证年轻女子从花样年华转变成疲惫年迈的妇人的煎熬，典型雕塑顿成时间与历史的缩影。
• 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？
• These works epitomize the psychological and existential fashion of the injured people in the Chuan Kang society, and enrich the figure gallery of Zhou Wen's nov-els and modern Chinese novels.
  这些作品集中表现了川康社会被损害者群体的心理和生存方式，并且，丰富了周文小说乃至整个中国现代小说人物画廊。
• In addition, the music and the art of drum epitomize these special comedy characters too.
  另外，川剧的司鼓艺术、帮腔艺术等都体现出独特的喜剧特征。
• 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。
• The professionalization of teacher management epitomize "management subject turns into object" and "management object turns into subject".
  教师管理的专业化，集中体现为管理主体客体化和管理客体主体化。
• 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。
• 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。