typifies

英 [ˈtɪpɪfaɪz]

美 [ˈtɪpɪfaɪz]

v.  作为…的典型; 是…的典范; 成为…的特征
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 是…的典型;代表
  If something or someonetypifiesa situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it.
  1. These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.
     这两座建筑物体现了爱尔兰建筑风格的极致多变。
  2. …a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons.
     对以核武器发展为代表的科学成就的反对
  3. …a more intelligent and articulate breed of disc jockeys, typified by university graduate Simon Mayo.
     更机智、更有口才的一类电台音乐主持人，以大学毕业生西蒙·梅奥为代表

双语例句

• That spirit typifies our American family.
  这一家人的精神就是全部美国家庭的写照。
• She typifies the bored housewife.
  她是那种百无聊赖的家庭主妇的典型。
• Now a millionaire, he typifies the self-made man.
  他成了百万富翁，可以说是白手起家的典型。
• She typifies the modern career woman.
  她代表了那种现代职业女性的。
• The Glenlivet is a perfectly balanced Speyside malt that exhibits the delicacy softness that typifies the region's whiskies.
  格兰威特苏格兰麦芽威士忌口感平衡，醇美柔和，浑然天成，是苏格兰斯贝塞地区麦芽威士忌的代表。
• It typifies the changes seen in many western towns that once were sleepy backwaters based on mining or timber.
  它是许多原本死水一潭的基于矿业或林业经济的西部城镇变革的典型。
• Linguistic culturology typifies a hermeneutics starting from language, based on text and with meaning and knowledge as focus.
  语言文化学倡导的正是一种从语言出发，以文本为基点、以意义与知识为指归的语言文化学阐释法。
• The bank typifies many of the problems facing the industry.
  美国银行所面临的问题在金融业颇具代表性。
• The white carnation is preferred because I think it typifies some of the virtues of motherhood;
  选择白色康乃馨是因为我认为它象征着母亲的一些美德；
• The second typifies the prevailing Romantic conception of the poetic mind.
  第二个比喻代表当前盛行的浪漫派关于诗的见解。