Symbolize

(verb.) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; 'The poet symbolizes love in this poem'; 'These painters believed that artists should symbolize'.

塞西尔手打

• Then they had symbolized what she was gaining, now they stood for what she was giving up. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Words differ among themselves in their power to suggest images of the thing symbolized. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To my mind it symbolizes a view of the state which we are outgrowing, and throws into relief the view towards which we are struggling. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

整理:史黛丝