剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - symbolic collapse

symbolic
[UK]/sɪm'bɒl.ɪk/ [US]/-'bɑ:.lɪk/ (also symbolical)
adjective
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* representing something else
代表的，象征的

1. The skull at the bottom of the picture is symbolic of death.
图片底部的骷髅象征死亡。

A
* describes an action that expresses or seems to express an intention or feeling, but which has little practical influence on a situation
（行为举动）象征性的，没有甚么实际影响的

1. Five hundred troops were sent in, more as a symbolic gesture than as a real threat.
派来500人的部队，只是一个象征性的举动，并不构成实质性的威胁。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - symbolic collapse

symbolic ★★☆☆☆
1.ADJ 形容词(事件、行动、程序)象征的，象征性的 If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.

  • A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip...

    许多拉丁美洲的官员都在强调此行的重要象征意义。

  • The move today was largely symbolic.

    今天的举动在很大程度上只是象征性的。

symbolically

  • It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important.

    这只是一个非常简单的举动，却寓意深刻。

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词象征…的;作为…的象征的 Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.

【搭配模式】：usu v-link ADJ of n

  • Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...

    穿上黄色的衣服象征着春天来了。

  • The change from long to short hair is symbolic of the woman's need for change in her whole life.

    一个女人把长发剪短就表示她想要改变生活。

symbolically

  • Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity.

    每一个圈都象征着全人类。

3.ADJ 形容词符号的;记号的 Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.

【搭配模式】：ADJ n

  • ...symbolic representations of landscape.

    地貌的符号化呈现

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - symbolic collapse

symbolic
sym·bol·ic / sim5bClik; NAmE -5bB:lik / adjective    ~ (of sth) containing symbols, or being used as a symbol
   使用象征的；作为象征的；象征性的:
   The dove is symbolic of peace.
   鸽子是和平的象征。
   The Channel Tunnel has enormous symbolic significance for a united Europe.
   英吉利海峡隧道对于建立一个统一的欧洲具有重大的象征意义。
   The new regulations are largely symbolic (= they will not have any real effect).
   新的规章制度基本上是象征性的。
• sym·bol·ic·al·ly / 7sim5bClikli; NAmE -5bB:lik- / adv.:
   a symbolically significant gesture
   有象征意义的姿态

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - symbolic collapse

symbolic adj.

• VERBS be, seem | become The case became ~ of racial tension in society. | regard sth as, see sth as His refusal to accept the honour was seen as highly ~.

• ADVERB deeply, heavily, highly, very This is a gruesome and heavily ~ tale. | merely, purely The role of monarch is a purely ~ one. | largely, mainly | somehow

• PREPOSITION of These two objects are ~ of life and death.

Symbolic is used with these nouns: act, gesture, imagery, importance, language, link, meaning, relationship, representation, role, significance, value, victory

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - symbolic collapse

symbolic adj.
⇨ typical

新牛津英语同义词词典 - symbolic collapse

symbolic

adjective
1 few buildings can be as symbolic of the Roman Empire as the mighty Colosseum
EMBLEMATIC , representative, typical, characteristic, distinctive, symptomatic; meaningful, significant.

2 religious language is mostly used in symbolic or metaphorical ways
FIGURATIVE , representative, illustrative, emblematic, allegorical, parabolic, non-literal, allusive, denotative, connotative, suggestive, mnemonic.
-opposite(s): LITERAL.

词源记忆 - symbolic collapse

symbolic 象征的，符号的
symbol, 象征，符号；-ic, 形容词后缀。