symbolize
verb🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/
(British English also symbolise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they symbolize | 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it symbolizes | 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple symbolized | 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle symbolized | 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form symbolizing | 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈsɪmbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- symbolize something
to be a symbol of something 象征；是…的象征；代表 The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 用光明与黑暗来象征善与恶。 🔊🔊 He came to symbolize his country's struggle for independence. 他逐渐成为祖国为争取独立而斗争的象征。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionarySymbolize is used with these nouns as the object:- beginning