symbolic
/sɪmˈbɒlɪk/adjective
1
- serving as a symbol作为象征的：
a repeating design symbolic of eternity.
象征永恒的重复图案。
1.1
- significant purely in terms of what is being represented or implied具有象征意义的：
the release of the dissident was an important symbolic gesture.
释放持不同政见者是一个重要的、具有象征意义的姿态。
2
- involving the use of symbols or symbolism使用象征的; 象征主义的：
the symbolic meaning of motifs and designs.
主题和设计的象征意义。
派生词
symbolical
adjectivesymbolically
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from French symbolique or late Latin symbolicus, from Greek sumbolikos. The adjective symbolical dates from the early 17th cent.