symbol解释

1. 符号
2. 象征
3. 记号
4. 标志
5. 代号
6. 表征
7. 【宗】信条

1. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
2. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible;

   "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
   

1.象征;代表
Something that is asymbol of a society or an aspect of life seems to represent it because it is very typical of it.

e.g. To them, the monarchy is the specialsymbol of nationhood...
对他们来说，君主政体是国家地位的特殊象征。
e.g. She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained a powerfulsymbol in last year's election.
虽然两年前就已遭软禁，她在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。

2.象征物;标志
Asymbol of something such as an idea is a shape or design that is used to represent it.

e.g. Later in this same passage Yeats resumes his argument for the Rose as an Irishsymbol...
随后在同一篇诗歌里，叶芝再次将玫瑰作为爱尔兰的标志。
e.g. I frequently use sunflowers as symbols of strength.
我经常用向日葵来作为力量的象征。

3.符号;代号;记号
Asymbol for an item in a calculation or scientific formula is a number, letter, or shape that represents that item.

symbol

e.g. What's the chemicalsymbol for mercury?
汞的化学元素符号是什么？

4. see also: sex symbol;status symbol

1. The color white is a symbol of purity.
   白色是纯洁的象征。
2. H2O is the chemical symbol for water.H2O
   是水的化学符号。

生活对话

A：Flowers. Now that's romantic.
花。这才叫浪漫。

symbol的翻译

B：They're plastic and will never die. They're supposed to be asymbol of endless love.
它们是塑胶的，永不凋谢。那些花象征永恒的爱。

A：The two of you were definitely made for each other. Thank God, my match-making work is over...Now it's your turn.
你们两个真是天造地设的一对。谢天谢地，我不用再牵红线了……现在换你了。

B：What?
换我干嘛？

A：Do you have Don's number?
你有唐的电话吗？

symbol, mark, sign, token

这组词都可表示“符号,标志”。其区别是：

1.symbol指作为象征或表达某种深邃意义的特殊事物; sign指代表具有固定意义的一种简明的符号或标志; mark指在其他事物上留下的清晰可见的印痕或先天固有的标志; token指表示爱情、友谊等的纪念物或礼品等。例如:

She had a silver peace symbol hanging on a chain around her neck.她有一个银制的和平标志挂在项链上。

She put her finger to her lips as a sign to be quiet.她将手指放在唇上表示应安静。

He gave his wife a ring as a token of his love.他给他爱人一枚戒指,作为爱情的象征。

2.sign与symbol相比较, sign的含义简单明了,容易体察,而symbol却含义深邃复杂。例如:

I could not write my name, so I made the sign of the cross.我不会写我的名字,就画了一个十字。

3.token和sign的意思相同,但token比sign庄严文雅,通常用于严肃的场合,在一般情况下可以用sign代替。例如:

Jenny's husband gave her a ring as a token of their first meeting.珍妮的丈夫送她一枚戒指纪念他们的初次见面。

symbol，badge，sign，signal，mark，token，attribute，emblem

这些名词均含“标志、象征、符号”之意。

symbol指作象征或表达某种深邃意蕴的特殊事物。

badge一般指金属证章或写有姓名的带状标志物。

sign普通用词，指人们公认事物的记号，也可指某种情况的征兆。

signal指为某一目的而有意发出的信号。

mark普通用词，含义广泛。既可指方便于辨认而有意做的标记，又可指自然形成的标记或有别于他事物的特征。

token语气庄重，指礼品、纪念物等作为表示友谊、爱情等的象征或标志。

attribute指人或物及其地位、属性的象征。

emblem指选定象征一个国家、民族或家庭等的图案或实物。