symbolise

英 ['sɪmbəlaɪz]

美 ['sɪmbəlaɪz]

v.  象征; 是…的象征; 代表

第三人称单数：symbolises　过去分词：symbolised　过去式：symbolised　现在分词：symbolising　

TEM8

BNC.11633

柯林斯词典

• → see:symbolize

英英释义

verb

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model
  1. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
  Synonym:typifysymbolizestand forrepresent
• represent or identify by using a symbol
  1. The poet symbolizes love in this poem
  2. These painters believed that artists should symbolize
  Synonym:symbolize

双语例句

• I use my office to symbolise what our business is all about, which is building people capability, he says. Our formula for success is you build up people capability, you do that first.
  我用我的办公室来象征我们企业的宗旨，那就是提高人们的能力，他表示，我们成功的秘诀是提高人们的能力，这是首先要做到的。
• The gas flares symbolise the start of a process of transforming a dangerous and carbon-heavy byproduct of the mining industry.
  瓦斯火焰象征着改变煤矿行业危险的重碳副产品过程的开始。
• Instead, the salary rises in Guangdong this week symbolise a broader shift in favour of labour that has accelerated in recent months and is likely to carry on for several years.
  与此相反的是，本周发生在广东省的加薪消息，在最近数月加速了（整体格局）向有利于工人一方的转变，并且极有可能持续数年时间。
• Irises symbolise friendship, surrounded by a halo of ivy, which stands for endurance and dependence.
  鸢尾花象征友谊，围绕着常春藤&象征忍耐和依赖。
• For China and others, a negative ruling on reserve currency status could symbolise their concerns that the IMF remains an institution run by and for the benefit of advanced economies.
  对中国和其他国家来说，IMF不认可人民币储备货币地位将凸显它们的担忧，即IMF仍是一个由发达经济体管理并为其利益服务的机构。
• The act is reminiscent of tossing money into ponds for good luck, or the trend for couples to attach` love padlocks` to bridges and fences to symbolise lasting romance.
  这使人想起其他的祈福方式，比如向池塘内投入钱币以求好运，或是恋人在桥上或者栅栏上绑同心锁，象征爱情长久。
• You would lose your angel wings, which symbolise freedom from time and space, freedom from birth and death, freedom from fear and illusion.
  你将失去你的天使之翼，那代表着自由的来往于时间与空间之间，不受生与死的轮回限制，不受恐惧与幻象的限制。
• The church's bird-like features are used as a compass to direct sea workers-its wings represent East and West, while its beak and tail symbolise North and South.
  教堂的鸟类外形也是海上工人们的指南针：翅膀代表东西方向，喙和尾巴象征着南北方向。
• The spectacular implosion of Long Term Capital Management in 1998 has come to symbolise the perils of excessive speculation.
  长期资本管理公司在1998年轰然内部崩溃，已经成为过度投机危险的象征。
• On her second birthday ( which she spent in the orphanage), the Stricklands posed for a family portrait, each clutching a donut, to symbolise their bond with the baby.
  她在孤儿院过2岁生日的当天，斯特里克兰家照了张全家福，每人手里都抓着个甜甜圈，象征他们与甜甜圈宝宝的亲情关系。