symbolic

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect. 有象征意義的
A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip. 許多拉丁美洲官員正在強(qiáng)調(diào)這次旅行在象征意義上的重要性。
2. symbolicallyADV 有象征意義地
It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important. 這雖是個(gè)再簡(jiǎn)單不過(guò)的手勢(shì)，但卻有著重要的象征意義。
3. ADJ Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them. 用作象征的
Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring. 黃色衣服被穿著來(lái)象征春天。
4. symbolicallyADV 象征性地[ADV with v]
Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity. 每個(gè)圓圈都象征性地代表全人類(lèi)。
5. ADJ Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols. 符號(hào)的[ADJ n]
...symbolic representations of landscape. …地形的符號(hào)表征。