| 单词 | epitome |
| 释义 | epitome noun uk/ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/us/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.mi/the epitome ofsomething thetypicalorhighestexampleof astatedquality, asshownby aparticularpersonor thing: 典型；典范Even now in hersixties, she is the epitome ofFrenchelegance.即使现在已经年届花甲，她仍堪称法国人优雅风度的典范。 Samples and examples
epitome| American Dictionaryepitome noun[U] us/ɪˈpɪt̬·ə·mi/thetypicalorhighestexampleof astatedquality, asshownby aparticularpersonor thing: He was the epitome of thefashionablegentleman. epitomizeverb[T]us/ɪˈpɪt̬·əˌmɑɪz/ Hisrecordingscame to epitomize Americanpopularsingingatitsfinest. Examplesofepitomeepitome Such a survey constitutes anepitome, we are informed, before the magnum opus. From theCambridge English Corpus The reconstruction of old age as a time of agelessness is theepitomeof such denial. From theCambridge English Corpus The entire clause is a logistical cryptogram and represents theepitomeof logistical horror inflicted by the multiple standards of the presidency system. From theCambridge English Corpus It was not the same mind that, as theepitomeof human consciousness and identity, had been an object of scientific intrigue since antiquity. From theCambridge English Corpus My poem is a sort of abstract, anepitome, a compendium of the lecture itself. From theCambridge English Corpus Take disputes on precedence as anepitomeof the academic regime in which the persona is individuated by juristic notions. From theCambridge English Corpus Even the civil service, for long regarded as theepitomeof life-long employment, has witnessed these changes. From theCambridge English Corpus This, scientific writers insisted, was theepitomeof the inductive method of study in the natural sciences. From theCambridge English Corpus She represented theepitomeof cultivated elegance and cut a fine figure in her tailored habit and silk top hat. From theCambridge English Corpus Theepitomeof glamour and decadence before the 1949 revolution, the city was punished for its capitalist excesses afterwards. From theCambridge English Corpus Such drama has been consigned to the realm of theatrical artefacts, held up as epitomes of 'culture', or suitable subjects for academic study. From theCambridge English Corpus Banding of the pulmonary trunk must be theepitomeof cardiac surgery being an art not a science! From theCambridge English Corpus Commentators generally agree that it is anepitomeof an earlier work, although its exact nature is unknown. 29. From theCambridge English Corpus Thisepitomeof personal choice may not always be implemented. From theCambridge English Corpus As the "fogwhistle," they are instead theepitomeof firmly founded and benevolent information; their only liability is their susceptibility to misconstruction by the untrained interpreter. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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