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symbolic gesture
释义
Example sentences
symbolic gesture
The vote was only a
symbolic
gesture
.
The Sun
(
2011
)
The move to withdraw from the IMF and the World Bank is largely a
symbolic
gesture
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2007
)
Many of the most powerful
symbolic
gestures
have taken place on the field of play.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
See
empty gesture
Definition of 'symbolic'
symbolic
(
sɪmb
ɒ
lɪk
)
Explore 'symbolic' in the dictionary
adjective
If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
symbolically
(
sɪmb
ɒ
lɪkli
)
adverb
[
ADVERB
adjective
]
COBUILD Collocations
symbolic gesture
dramatic gesture
empty gesture
futile gesture
generous gesture
grand gesture
hand gesture
obscene gesture
romantic gesture
rude gesture
symbolic gesture
token gesture
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