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iconic

【英英释义】

adj. an iconic image or thing is important or impressive because it seems to be a symbol of something. (formal)

very famous and well known, and believed to represent a particular idea.

【词义深度解析】

icon常用来表示“图标”，也可以表示“偶像、代表人物”，其形容词形式iconic意思是“偶像的，标志性的，圣像的”，在一些语境下可以用来替换important, famous, impressive等。

【例句学习】

1. Nike/Starbucks/Coca-Cola/Tesla is an iconic brand. 代表性品牌

2. Steve Jobs was an iconic enterpreneur and businessman.

3. Cover Story is a postcard collection celebrating 175 years of iconic covers from the Economist. 这本明信片合辑集合了历年来代表性的封面以庆祝《经济学人》175周年。

4. Mr Zhong is a "grid manager" operating in part of Huayan Beili Xi Community, a middle-class residential area near the capital's iconic "bird's nest" Olympic stadium.

【词汇运用】

1. 翻译：在阿汤哥（Tome Cruise）近40年的职业生涯中，他扮演过许多经典角色。

Tome Cruise has acted many iconic roles over his nearly 40 years career. （自己）

Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Tome Cruise has played many iconic characters. （参考翻译）

分析：我的句子中“生涯”没有译出来，角色扮演经常简写为RP，即role play，应该想到play这个词。

2. 生活场景应用

Ouxiang lianxishegn, produced by Aiqiyi, was an iconic video programm to make future stars or idols at the fan economy era.