symbolise

英 ['sɪmbəlaɪz]

美 ['sɪmbəlaɪz]

v.  象征; 是…的象征; 代表

第三人称单数：symbolises　过去分词：symbolised　过去式：symbolised　现在分词：symbolising　

TEM8

BNC.11633

柯林斯词典

• → see:symbolize

英英释义

verb

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model
  1. What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
  Synonym:typifysymbolizestand forrepresent
• represent or identify by using a symbol
  1. The poet symbolizes love in this poem
  2. These painters believed that artists should symbolize
  Synonym:symbolize

双语例句

• On her second birthday ( which she spent in the orphanage), the Stricklands posed for a family portrait, each clutching a donut, to symbolise their bond with the baby.
  她在孤儿院过2岁生日的当天，斯特里克兰家照了张全家福，每人手里都抓着个甜甜圈，象征他们与甜甜圈宝宝的亲情关系。
• For China and others, a negative ruling on reserve currency status could symbolise their concerns that the IMF remains an institution run by and for the benefit of advanced economies.
  对中国和其他国家来说，IMF不认可人民币储备货币地位将凸显它们的担忧，即IMF仍是一个由发达经济体管理并为其利益服务的机构。
• The domestic pig might well symbolise prosperity to man, so closely knit and tied together were their lives.
  猪给人以一种生活富足的感觉，因此有人认为人与猪合在一起就构成了衣食无忧的生活。
• On the final day of the New Year, families gather to make round dumplings shaped like the full moon to symbolise family reunion and perfection.
  在新年的最后一天，全家人聚在一起包饺子，饺子形状似满月，寓意全家团圆美满。
• The spectacular implosion of Long Term Capital Management in 1998 has come to symbolise the perils of excessive speculation.
  长期资本管理公司在1998年轰然内部崩溃，已经成为过度投机危险的象征。
• MEANING: Homes in dreams symbolise ourselves and different rooms are aspects of our character.
  解梦：梦中的自己家象征着我们自身，不同的房门代表了我们性格的不同侧面。
• Few things symbolise the assertiveness of the Putin Era like, well, Vladimir Putin.
  没有什么能够像普京本人那样象征普京时代的强悍作风了。
• I use my office to symbolise what our business is all about, which is building people capability, he says. Our formula for success is you build up people capability, you do that first.
  我用我的办公室来象征我们企业的宗旨，那就是提高人们的能力，他表示，我们成功的秘诀是提高人们的能力，这是首先要做到的。
• This can symbolise a feeling of being trapped& or the desire to entice someone into a particular relationship or situation.
  蜘蛛网则是说明了一种被困住的状态，或是想引诱别人进入一种状态或关系的愿望。
• Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolise.
  一旦了解各组成部分象征什么，理解这幅画就不难了。