Epitome
[ ?'p?t?mi ]
出國(guó) Abroad
n. 縮影;典型的人或事物;（書(shū)、演講等的）摘要;
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epi在…上，在…周圍，在…后面+tome切割→一卷書(shū)后的→梗概
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Man is the world's epitome.
人是世界的縮影。
To make an epitome of; sum up.
縮寫(xiě)寫(xiě)一個(gè)梗概；總結(jié)歸納
He is the epitome of diligence.
他是勤勉的典型。
Dick Diver is the epitome of this world.
迪克·戴弗是這個(gè)世界的寫(xiě)照。
The center is an epitome of Beijing's environment treatment.
這是北京市治理環(huán)境的一個(gè)縮影。
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【記】epi-諧音“挨批”,to-對(duì),me-我:挨批對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是童年的梗概
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-cid-表示“切開(kāi)”或“落下”
常見(jiàn)變體有-cis-、-cas-
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epitome
n
1 thing that shows on a small scale all the characteristics of sth much larger 梗概; 縮影
The divisions we see in this school are the epitome of those occurring throughout the whole country. 我們?cè)谶@所學(xué)校中看到的各個(gè)部門是全國(guó)各校的縮影.
2 person or thing that is a perfect example of a quality, type, etc 典型的人或事物
the absolute epitome of a school teacher 中小學(xué)教師的典范
She's the epitome of kindness. 她是仁慈的化身.
3 (dated 舊) short summary of a book, speech, etc （書(shū)、 演講等的）摘要.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[i'pit?mi]n. 概要, 縮影, 象征
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Keep trying! don't give up the ship.
繼續(xù)努力！ 別輕易放棄！
Why are you so busy?
你為什么這樣忙碌？
The weather's often cold in North and windy in the East.It's often wet in the West,and sometimes warm in the south.
北部的天氣常常寒冷，東部則常常利風(fēng)。西部常下雨，南部有時(shí)則很暖和。