symbolize
美音:
[´sımbə´laız
]英音:
[´sımbə´laız
]vt.象征,用符号表现 vi.作为...的象征,采用象征,使用符号
难易程度:
symbolize为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:symbolized 过去分词:symbolized 现在分词:symbolizing 第三人称单数:symbolizes 名词:symbolization
词根
-ize 表“使成~状态”、“使~化”等意思,变化型 -ise
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symbolize
/'sɪmbəlaɪz; `sɪmbl,aɪz/
v
1 [Tn] be a symbol of (sth) 作为(某事物)的符号或标志; 象徵(某事物)
*a picture of a red disc with rays coming from it, symbolizing the sun 画着一个光芒四射的红色圆盘以代表太阳的一幅画.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.n/a] ~ sth/sb (with/as sth) represent sth/sb by means of a symbol 用符号代表某事物[某人]
*The poet has symbolized his lover with a flower. 那诗人用花象徵他的爱人.
symbolize
v [T]
if something symbolizes a quality, feeling etc, it represents it
Crime often symbolizes a wider social problem.
Growing discontent has been symbolized by the protests.