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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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

• However, this eWEEK slide show is a list of10 important and interesting patents that epitomize IBM's century-long commitment to invention and innovation.
  然而，eWEEK的幻灯片列举了重要和有趣的10个专利的清单，集中体现IBM的长达一个世纪的发明和创新的承诺。
• 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。
• 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。
• Taken as a whole, this series of paintings and woodcuts can, to a certain extent, epitomize a period of history.
  总体来看，整个系列的故事在一定程度上可以视为一个时代的缩影。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yan Yuan was the outstanding philosopher, progress initiation thinker and the common people educationalist in the 17th century of China, was the ancient China times 'thinker that epitomize the practice and the greatest practice educates master.
  颜元是中国17世纪杰出的哲学家、进步启蒙思想家和平民教育家，是中国古代实践思想的集大成者和最伟大的实践教育大师。
• 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。