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单词 epitome
释义 epit·o·me
\ə̇ˈpid.ə(ˌ)mē, ēˈ-, eˈ-, -itə-, -_mi\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein to cut short, abridge, from epi- + temnein to cut — more at tome
1.
 a. : a summary of a written work : abridgment, abstract
  < purporting to be a translation from a French original although it is in fact but a meager epitome of it — Mary D. Anderson >
 b. : a brief presentation of a broad topic : compendium
  < a convenient epitome of much current knowledge and belief — H.S.Bennett >
 c. : a brief statement expressing the essence of something
  < “five years of fighting and ninety-five of winding up barbed wire” … was a fair epitome of war's aftermath — Dixon Wecter >
2. : a typical representation or ideal expression : embodiment
 < his manner of receiving my aunt and myself was an epitome of his urbane and appreciative attitude toward the universe — Siegfried Sassoon >
 < the British monarchy itself is the epitome of tradition — Richard Joseph >
 < my community … considers a man in uniform to be the living epitome of heroism — Lucius Garvin >
3. : brief or miniature form — used especially in the phrase in epitome
 < the spectator does in epitome and without halt what the artist did slowly and by process of trial and error — F.J.Mather >
Synonyms: see abridgment
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