embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of;
"The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
例句
用作动词 (v.)
For a practice that has come to epitomize unethical business behavior, insider trading has received surprisingly little ethical analysis. 现实中,内幕交易已经成为不道德商业行为的缩影,但奇怪的是,几乎没人对其进行过伦理分析。
The Summer Season could be said to epitomize all that is traditionally English about England. 英格兰夏日是传统英格兰的缩影,要想定义它,的确是件难事。
经典引文
I shall..in a few pages briefly epitomize what passed.