symbolic /sɪmˈbɒlɪk/ CET4 TEM4

• 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. 有象征意义的

  例：

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

  许多拉丁美洲官员正在强调这次旅行在象征意义上的重要性。

• 2. 

  symbolically ADV 有象征意义地

  例：

  It was a simple enough gesture, but symbolically important.

  这虽是个再简单不过的手势，但却有着重要的象征意义。

• 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

  例：

  Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring.

  黄色衣服被穿着来象征春天。

• 4. 

  symbolically ADV 象征性地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Each circle symbolically represents the whole of humanity.

  每个圆圈都象征性地代表全人类。

• 5. 

  ADJ Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols. 符号的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...symbolic representations of landscape.

  …地形的符号表征。