symbolic

symbolic
adjective

serving as a symbol
作为象征的
a repeating design symbolic of eternity.
对象征永生符号的再次设计。
■significant purely in terms of what is being represented or implied
具有象征意义的
the release of the dissident was an important symbolic gesture.
释放持不同政见者是一个重要的、具有象征意义的姿态。
involving the use of symbols or symbolism
使用象征的；象征主义的
the symbolic meaning of motifs and designs.
主题和设计的象征意义。

派生
symbolical
adjective
symbolically
adverb
语源

mid 17th cent.: from French symbolique or late Latin symbolicus, from Greek sumbolikos. The adjective symbolical dates from the early 17th cent