| 单词 | epitomize |
| 释义 | epitomize (once / 8180 pages) v If you epitomize something, you’re a perfect example of that thing. If you never get nervous when playing basketball and can always make that last-second shot, your teammates might say you epitomize mental toughness. A person can epitomize something — usually an abstract quality, like grace or greed — but epitomize can apply to other things as well. A popular band might epitomize the spirit of the new decade, which means it has all the main characteristics associated with the era's music, like long folksy beards, pretty harmonies, and earnest lyrics. A frustrating situation at work involving careless coworkers might make you say that they epitomize everything that’s wrong with your job. WORD FAMILYepitomize: epitomized, epitomizes, epitomizing+/epitome: epitomes, epitomise, epitomize/epitomise: epitomised, epitomises, epitomising USAGE EXAMPLES"She epitomized and personified Hollywood glamour," Father Edward Benioff said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) In January, we described Caterpillar Inc. as a company that epitomized the industrial slowdown gripping the world. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The sequence epitomizes the scrappy resourcefulness of this production, whose homespun look and roughhousing energy are admirably suited to French writer Alfred Jarry’s landmark play. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) v embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of Syn|Hyper epitomise, typify represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol |
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