大学英语第四单元整理概要1.docx

Unit 4Text AFive Famous Symbols of American Culture美国文化的五大象征symbol?/?s?mb?l/??CET4 TEM41.N-COUNT?Something that is a?symbol?of?a society or an aspect of life seems to represent it because it is very typical of it. 象征例：To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood.对他们而言，君主政体是国家的特殊象征。2.N-COUNT?A?symbol?of?something such as an idea is a shape or design that is used to represent it. 象征物例：Later in this same passage Yeats resumes his argument for the Rose as an Irish symbol.后来在这同一篇文章里，叶芝再次提到把玫瑰作为爱尔兰象征的观点。3.N-COUNT?A?symbol?for?an item in a calculation or scientific formula is a number, l