symbolic

英 [sɪmˈbɒlɪk]

美 [sɪmˈbɑːlɪk]

adj.  使用象征的; 作为象征的; 象征性的

复数：symbolics　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4516 / COCA.4160

牛津词典

adj.

• 使用象征的；作为象征的；象征性的
  containing symbols, or being used as a symbol
  1. The dove is symbolic of peace.
     鸽子是和平的象征。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (事件、行动、程序)象征的，象征性的
  If you describe an event, action, or procedure assymbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
  1. 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。
  2. The move today was largely symbolic.
     今天的举动在很大程度上只是象征性的。
• ADJ-GRADED 象征…的;作为…的象征的
  Something that issymbolic ofa person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.
  1. Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring...
     穿上黄色的衣服象征着春天来了。
  2. 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。
• ADJ 符号的;记号的
  Symbolicis used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.
  1. ...symbolic representations of landscape.
     地貌的符号化呈现

英英释义

adj

• serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
  1. a crown is emblematic of royalty
  2. the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish
  Synonym:emblematicemblematicalsymbolical
• relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
  1. symbolic logic
  2. symbolic operations
  3. symbolic thinking
  Synonym:symbolical
• using symbolism
  1. symbolic art

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