symbolic

英 [sɪmˈbɒlɪk]

美 [sɪmˈbɑːlɪk]

adj.  使用象征的; 作为象征的; 象征性的

复数：symbolics　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4516 / COCA.4160

牛津词典

adj.

• 使用象征的；作为象征的；象征性的
  containing symbols, or being used as a symbol
  1. The dove is symbolic of peace.
     鸽子是和平的象征。
  2. The Channel Tunnel has enormous symbolic significance for a united Europe.
     英吉利海峡隧道对于建立一个统一的欧洲具有重大的象征意义。
  3. The new regulations are largely symbolic (= they will not have any real effect) .
     新的规章制度基本上是象征性的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (事件、行动、程序)象征的，象征性的
  If you describe an event, action, or procedure assymbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
  1. A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip...
     许多拉丁美洲的官员都在强调此行的重要象征意义。
  2. The move today was largely symbolic.
     今天的举动在很大程度上只是象征性的。
• ADJ-GRADED 象征…的;作为…的象征的
  Something that issymbolic ofa person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.
  1. Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...
     穿上黄色的衣服象征着春天来了。
  2. The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.
     一个女人把长发剪短就表示她想要改变生活。
• ADJ 符号的;记号的
  Symbolicis used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.
  1. ...symbolic representations of landscape.
     地貌的符号化呈现

英英释义

adj

• serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  1. a crown is emblematic of royalty
  2. the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
  Synonym:emblematicemblematicalsymbolical
• relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
  1. symbolic logic
  2. symbolic operations
  3. symbolic thinking
  Synonym:symbolical
• using symbolism
  1. symbolic art

双语例句

• The colors and patterns on their "painter" faces have some symbolic meanings.
  花脸上的图案和颜色有一定的象征意义。
• Its symbolic significances apply in customs can be quite different between china and west.
  在中国和西方，其象征意义在文化习俗中的应用也有着和大的不同。
• 13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of what is conceived to be reality.
  理论在本质上是对认识了的现实的一种抽象和符号化的表达。
• People threw flowers into the river between the two countries as a symbolic act of brotherhood
  人们把鲜花投进两国的界河里，以象征两国人民的兄弟情谊常在。
• I think the clock is most symbolic of life.
  我觉得时辰钟是人生的最好的象征了。
• The earlier characteristics is monumental and symbolic.
  前期特征是纪念性和象征性。
• Lawrence's essays are referred to in the exploration of the symbolic meaning of the wood.
  在探索树林的象征意义时，参照了劳伦斯的散文。
• I think this is very symbolic and can be an incentive to the other countries.
  我认为这是很有标志性意义的，对其他国家来说也是一个激励。
• This is perhaps most obvious in the symbolic turns of the Presidency.
  这可能在具有象征意义的总统的更换中看得最明显了。
• The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.
  一个女人把长发剪短就表示她想要改变生活。