epitome
epitome 英 [ɪˈpɪtəmi] 美 [ɪˈpɪtəmi]
n. 缩影；摘要；象征
名词复数:epitomes
- If you're talking about a typical example of something, call it the epitome. The cartoon character Garfield is the epitome of the fat, lazy, food-obsessed cat.
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- n. 缩影；摘要；象征
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1. Man is the world's epitome.
人是世界的缩影。
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2. These women are the epitome of grace.
这类女人是优雅的象征。
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3. This was the epitome of the "open source" leadership model in action.
这件事情是“开源”领导模式发挥作用的一个缩影。
- epitome (n.) 1520s, "an abstract; brief statement of the chief points of some writing," from Middle French épitomé (16c.), from Latin epitome "an abridgment," from Greek epitome "an abridgment, a cutting on the surface; brief summary," from epitemnein "cut short, abridge," from epi "into" (see epi-) + temnein "to cut" (from PIE root *tem- "to cut"). Sense of "person or thing that typifies something" is first recorded c. 1600. Related: Epitomical.
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