If something or someone typifies a situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it.
例句
These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.这两座建筑物体现了爱尔兰建筑风格的极致多变。…a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons.对以核武器发展为代表的科学成就的反对
英汉词典释义
vt.
作为…的典型;具有…的特征
She typifies the bored housewife.她是那种百无聊赖的家庭主妇的典型。
代表;象征
In this book we have tried to typify the main classes of verbs.在本书中,我们力图以明显的方式把动词划分几大类。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of;
"The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;