英英單字圖文記憶(193)
epitomize [ɪˈpɪtəˌmaɪz]:
If you say that
something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a
perfect example of it.【成為…的典範;作為…的縮影】
【分解】:
【前缀】epi = on ,表:在…之上。
【字根】tom = cut,表示:切割。
【後缀】ize,動詞,表:能…的。
【分析】:epitomize =在…之上切割;摘要;概括。引申為:作為…的縮影;成為…的典範。
For example,
In 2008, when all
eyes were turned to Beijing for the Olympics, one building seemed to epitomize
the new China.
在2008年,當所有的目光都轉向北京奧運會,一座建築似乎成了新中國的縮影。