symptomatic

Word family adjectivesymptomaticsymptomologicalsymptoticadverbsymptomaticallyverbsymptomatizesymptomizenounsymptomatologysymptosissymptom

Related topics: Illness & disability

symp·to·mat·ic /ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk◂/ adjectiveadj

1 formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF if a situation or type of behaviour is symptomatic of something, it shows that a serious problem exists （是）…征兆的；表明…的

symptomatic of

The rise in unemployment is symptomatic of a general decline in the economy.

失业率上升是经济全面衰退的征兆。

2. medicalMI showing that someone has a particular illness （有）症状的

—symptomatically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

symptomatic• His presence among them was highly symptomatic.• An idiopathic defect of magnesium absorption has been reported as a rare cause of symptomatic hypomagnesemia in infants.• Anthropology has always provided the clearest symptomatic instance, as was foreseen by Rousseau from the outset.• That is symptomatic of our failure sometimes to move on.• This, they felt, was symptomatic of the paper's commendable interest in and support of, the arts.• Deskilling is symptomatic of the way in which a worker's labour is taken possession of by the capitalist.

单词	symptomatic
释义	symptomatic Word family adjectivesymptomaticsymptomologicalsymptoticadverbsymptomaticallyverbsymptomatizesymptomizenounsymptomatologysymptosissymptom Related topics: Illness & disability symp·to·mat·ic /ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk◂/ adjectiveadj 1 formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF if a situation or type of behaviour is symptomatic of something, it shows that a serious problem exists （是）…征兆的；表明…的 symptomatic of The rise in unemployment is symptomatic of a general decline in the economy. 失业率上升是经济全面衰退的征兆。 2. medicalMI showing that someone has a particular illness （有）症状的 —symptomatically /-kli/ adverbadv Examples from the Corpus symptomatic• His presence among them was highly symptomatic.• An idiopathic defect of magnesium absorption has been reported as a rare cause of symptomatic hypomagnesemia in infants.• Anthropology has always provided the clearest symptomatic instance, as was foreseen by Rousseau from the outset.• That is symptomatic of our failure sometimes to move on.• This, they felt, was symptomatic of the paper's commendable interest in and support of, the arts.• Deskilling is symptomatic of the way in which a worker's labour is taken possession of by the capitalist.
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