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单词 exemplify
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Definition of exemplify in English:

exemplify

verbexemplifying, exemplifies, exemplified ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfʌɪɪɡˈzɛmplɪfʌɪɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • 1Be a typical example of.

    the best dry sherry is exemplified by the fino of Jerez
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Articles in the current issue of BTB exemplify the processes whereby social groups in the Bible have imagined their identities and thereby established functional but limited norms for legitimacy.
    • This status is exemplified by the current consultation exercise to draw up a national plan for health.
    • But, remember that the clincher in selecting the winners would be that spark of daredevilry that exemplifies the channel's spirit of action and adventurous.
    • The following lyric exemplifies the spirit of the song.
    • This approach is clearly exemplified by current campaigns to persuade parents to choose the MMR vaccine.
    • It's a great Australian and human story exemplifying the antithesis of current Coalition values.
    • Indeed, the energetic former accountant from Maharashtra state exemplifies the new trend of merit winning out over lineage or wealth.
    • The reaction of the players to the loss of these influential players exemplified the team's spirit.
    • However the films are finally shown, or even if they are not shown at all, the whole project strikingly exemplifies the current cultural logic of premediation.
    • McCarthy always includes a ‘friendship wall’ in her shows on which numerous works by her artist friends are displayed, exemplifying the community spirit that seems so pervasive in San Francisco.
    • Our industry is one steeped in parts and details, and the current crop of specifications exemplifies such.
    • Some argue that the current shows really do exemplify black life and culture.
    • In many ways the company exemplifies the current state of American business.
    • Coming up, two people who exemplify the spirit of the American worker.
    • Robert exemplifies the finest spirit of Louisiana citizens.
    • The special award, presented posthumously, exemplifies the spirit of Muskingum College.
    • But they referred to something more - the museum's spirit of innovation, exemplified by its new £4 million wing, The Works, opened in 1999.
    • This cultural detente is the latest move in a warming trend exemplified by the successful joint hosting of the 2002 soccer World Cup.
    • The people he's working with exemplify a distinct trend in the new population.
    • As such, all three exemplify the spirit of romantic rebellion against the modern bourgeois order - a rebellion that is itself fundamentally modern and bourgeois.
    Synonyms
    typify, epitomize, be a typical example of, serve as a typical example of, represent, be representative of, symbolize
    personify, embody, be the embodiment of
    demonstrate, show
  • 2Illustrate or clarify by giving an example.

    he exemplified his point with an anecdote
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This work exemplifies the analytical power of critical discourse analysis by illustrating how language is utilized as a tool for political ends.
    • This is particularly true of a group of quilts made in northern New York State as exemplified by the Pieties quilt illustrated on page 18.
    • This study illustrates that particular patterns and behaviors exemplifying the relationship work of generative fathering can be found in narrative accounts told by fathers of their experiences connecting with children.
    • Just sit him down with this chapter and be assured that Sharp is the master at explaining, clarifying and exemplifying.
    • There is also a rich tradition of folk art which is best exemplified by the painted beehives illustrated with folk motifs that are found throughout Slovenia.
    • In a way, Kuhn's work exemplifies what it describes.
    • What she does not see is that Dante perfectly exemplifies Western culture's strong tendency towards universalism.
    • An illustration of the expansion is exemplified in the following Senior Steward's experience.
    • Power chose a representative sample of artworks that not only illustrates certain points in the text, but also exemplifies the exquisiteness of southeastern Indian art throughout prehistory.
    • This poignant illustration of devastated motherhood exemplifies the problematics of literalizing Beloved on screen.
    • Certainly a better, more timely illustration than one from 1873 could have been chosen to exemplify the primacy and precedence of Sloan's subject matter in American visual culture.
    • In contrast to Japan, the U.S. economy cannot finance its economic expansion with its own internal resources, as has been exemplified by the ballooning current account deficit.
    Synonyms
    illustrate, give an example of, give an instance of, demonstrate, instance
    rare instantiate

Derivatives

  • exemplification

  • noun ɛɡzɛmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪɡzɛmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nɪɡˌzɛmpləfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The majority of Europeans and Americans saw these export wares - prints, ceramics, lacquerware - as the exemplification of Japanese art.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Well, we're all exemplifications of the principle that people have children.
      • In a world of six billion mortal souls, we are never far away from a flesh-and-blood exemplification of life's one great certainty.
      • And those Classical artistic compositions' principles are the exemplification of the methods of political thinking of a people, which are necessary for a good society.
      • The Black Arts movement proposed the participation of artists of all categories in letters, music, and theater in the exemplification of the experience and values of African and African American life.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum 'sample' (see example).

 
 

Definition of exemplify in US English:

exemplify

verbiɡˈzempləˌfīɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • 1Be a typical example of.

    rock bands that best exemplify the spirit of the age
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's a great Australian and human story exemplifying the antithesis of current Coalition values.
    • As such, all three exemplify the spirit of romantic rebellion against the modern bourgeois order - a rebellion that is itself fundamentally modern and bourgeois.
    • McCarthy always includes a ‘friendship wall’ in her shows on which numerous works by her artist friends are displayed, exemplifying the community spirit that seems so pervasive in San Francisco.
    • Robert exemplifies the finest spirit of Louisiana citizens.
    • Some argue that the current shows really do exemplify black life and culture.
    • The special award, presented posthumously, exemplifies the spirit of Muskingum College.
    • But, remember that the clincher in selecting the winners would be that spark of daredevilry that exemplifies the channel's spirit of action and adventurous.
    • This approach is clearly exemplified by current campaigns to persuade parents to choose the MMR vaccine.
    • The reaction of the players to the loss of these influential players exemplified the team's spirit.
    • The following lyric exemplifies the spirit of the song.
    • But they referred to something more - the museum's spirit of innovation, exemplified by its new £4 million wing, The Works, opened in 1999.
    • However the films are finally shown, or even if they are not shown at all, the whole project strikingly exemplifies the current cultural logic of premediation.
    • Our industry is one steeped in parts and details, and the current crop of specifications exemplifies such.
    • In many ways the company exemplifies the current state of American business.
    • This cultural detente is the latest move in a warming trend exemplified by the successful joint hosting of the 2002 soccer World Cup.
    • The people he's working with exemplify a distinct trend in the new population.
    • Indeed, the energetic former accountant from Maharashtra state exemplifies the new trend of merit winning out over lineage or wealth.
    • This status is exemplified by the current consultation exercise to draw up a national plan for health.
    • Coming up, two people who exemplify the spirit of the American worker.
    • Articles in the current issue of BTB exemplify the processes whereby social groups in the Bible have imagined their identities and thereby established functional but limited norms for legitimacy.
    Synonyms
    typify, epitomize, be a typical example of, serve as a typical example of, represent, be representative of, symbolize
    1. 1.1 Give an example of; illustrate by giving an example.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What she does not see is that Dante perfectly exemplifies Western culture's strong tendency towards universalism.
      • This study illustrates that particular patterns and behaviors exemplifying the relationship work of generative fathering can be found in narrative accounts told by fathers of their experiences connecting with children.
      • Just sit him down with this chapter and be assured that Sharp is the master at explaining, clarifying and exemplifying.
      • An illustration of the expansion is exemplified in the following Senior Steward's experience.
      • In a way, Kuhn's work exemplifies what it describes.
      • This poignant illustration of devastated motherhood exemplifies the problematics of literalizing Beloved on screen.
      • Power chose a representative sample of artworks that not only illustrates certain points in the text, but also exemplifies the exquisiteness of southeastern Indian art throughout prehistory.
      • This is particularly true of a group of quilts made in northern New York State as exemplified by the Pieties quilt illustrated on page 18.
      • Certainly a better, more timely illustration than one from 1873 could have been chosen to exemplify the primacy and precedence of Sloan's subject matter in American visual culture.
      • There is also a rich tradition of folk art which is best exemplified by the painted beehives illustrated with folk motifs that are found throughout Slovenia.
      • This work exemplifies the analytical power of critical discourse analysis by illustrating how language is utilized as a tool for political ends.
      • In contrast to Japan, the U.S. economy cannot finance its economic expansion with its own internal resources, as has been exemplified by the ballooning current account deficit.
      Synonyms
      illustrate, give an example of, give an instance of, demonstrate, instance
    2. 1.2Law Make an attested copy of (a document) under an official seal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The question therefore is whether the materials exemplified will have the qualities called for by the claim and in particular whether hoes in late prehistoric times.
      • This is the principal of ethical retribution, exemplified (in criminal law) by Kant's dictum about the moral necessity of executing even the last murderer.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum ‘sample’ (see example).

 
 
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