每日外刊词汇
symbolic/sɪmˈbɒlɪk/
基本释义
If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
adj.有象征意义的
Something that is symbolic of a person or thing is regarded or used as a symbol of them.
adj.用作象征的
Symbolic is used to describe things involving or relating to symbols.
adj.符号的
词组短语
symbolic representation 符号表示；符号表征；符号性表象
symbolic logic 符号逻辑；数理逻辑；符号论理学
symbolic expression 符号表达式；符号式
外刊例句
The Queen's position is mostly symbolic in modern day Britain.
在当代英国，女王的地位只具有象征意义。
—CNN
Though the role is mostly symbolic, Japan's emperor is the only person with that title on the planet.
虽然这个角色主要是象征性的，但日本天皇是这个星球上唯一一个拥有这个头衔的人。
———CNN
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