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

• 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。
• 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 freeing of trade and capital flows and the deregulation of domestic industry and finance have both spurred globalisation and come to symbolise it.
  开放贸易及资本的流动、放松对国内产业和金融管制不仅促进了同时标志着全球化。
• Painted tattoos symbolise hardship and tears of joy, while banana seed beads count how long the men were away.
  彩绘的纹身象征着苦难与喜悦的泪水，而用香蕉种子作成珠子的数目，代表着男人远征到多远的地方。
• The blue boxes symbolise mark-up provided by the padding bytes specified on the FileOutput node's properties.
  绿色框表示由FileOutput节点的属性指定的填充字节提供的标记。
• So the museum's first room, A Hall in 1630, is decorated with evergreens ( a pagan symbol of hope and fertility that early Christians adoped to symbolise everlasting life).
  因此，博物馆的第一个房间，1630年的大厅，用常青树装饰（早期基督徒采用这一异教徒的希望与多产符号象征永生）。
• 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。
• 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。
• The motif shows a child confined to bed, but surrounded by teddies, which symbolise security, warmth and care.
  本主题显示卧床的孩子，而是由泰迪熊，象征安全，温暖和关怀所包围。
• 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。