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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Collins.1 / BNC.21542 / COCA.12479

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

• The price of the omnipresent crisp, golden loaf seemed to epitomize the rising cost of living and the shortage of cash in consumers'pockets.
  无所不在的松脆的、金色的面包条的价格似乎概括了生活费用上升和消费者口袋里现金短缺的现象。
• 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。
• In China, the situation rises to the level of a cultural crisis since the characters, more than any other facet of life, epitomize thousands of years of tradition.
  在中国，这种情税已经发展到引起一场文化危机的地步，因为汉字是几千年中华文化的象征。
• Even as it has come to epitomize a certain kind of urbane civilian cool, green field jackets have given way to camouflage prints in the U.S. Army, and the top brass decided to retire the green service uniform as well.
  尽管它已成为某种城市平民时尚的酷风尚，但是军绿野战服已让位给美国军队的迷彩印花，军队高层也已决定淘汰绿色军服。
• In addition, the music and the art of drum epitomize these special comedy characters too.
  另外，川剧的司鼓艺术、帮腔艺术等都体现出独特的喜剧特征。
• 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？
• The second chapter discloses the abundant and multiply connotation of the scientific school, moreover, epitomize the features of the scientific school.
  第二章揭示科学学派内涵的丰富性、多维性，对其本质特征进行分析概括；
• The dissertation generalize theory of flutter and other wind-generated vibration, and epitomize the pop and the difficult problem of wind engineering.
  总结了颤振和其他风致振动的理论；
• You epitomize the etymology of enthusiasm!
  你是与热诚的化身！
• 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。