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

• 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。
• Brand epitomize a brand symbol from important information of reputation, culture, product, quality, technology and potential of enterprise and shape its variety fame and praise of society to the public so as to product received by customer with brand.
  把企业的信誉、文化、产品、质量、科技、潜力等重要信息凝练成一个品牌符号，着力塑造其广泛社会知名度和美誉度，烙印到公众心里，使产品随着品牌符号走进到消费者心里。
• 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。
• 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。
• Singing opera is based on the Western-centric dramas, set instrumental, vocal epitomize, music and drama is the highest integrated form of the classic Western drama on behalf of the arts.
  而西洋歌剧是以歌唱为中心的戏剧，集器乐、声乐、舞美之大成，是音乐与戏剧的最高综合形式，是西方戏剧艺术的经典代表。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 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；