microcosm

英 [ˈmaɪkrəʊkɒzəm]

美 [ˈmaɪkroʊkɑːzəm]

n.  缩影; 具体而微者

复数：microcosms　

TOEFLIELTS

BNC.18851 / COCA.14447

习惯用语

n.

in microcosm
• 小规模地
  on a small scale
• The developments in this town represent in microcosm what is happening in the country as a whole.
  这座城镇的发展以小见大，体现了整个国家的发展。

牛津词典

noun

• 缩影；具体而微者
  a thing, a place or a group that has all the features and qualities of sth much larger
  1. The family is a microcosm of society.
     家庭是社会的缩影。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 微观世界;缩影
  Amicrocosmis a small society, place, or activity which has all the typical features of a much larger one and so seems like a smaller version of it.
  1. Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s...
     基切尔说这个城市曾经是20世纪60年代整个美国文化的缩影。
  2. In many respects, Mahan's story is that of the Asian community in microcosm.
     从许多方面来说，马汉的经历就是亚裔团体的经历的缩影。

英英释义

noun

• a miniature model of something

双语例句

• The market may be viewed as a microcosm of the larger world.
  这个市场可视为是大世界中的一个小天地。
• The book describes the banks of the Mississippi of the19th century, a small town in people's lives, then the United States can be said to be a microcosm of social life.
  本书描写了十九世纪密西西比河畔一个小镇人民的生活，可以说是当时美国社会生活的一个缩影。
• In a sense, British waters are a microcosm of the global industry.
  从某种意义上说，英国水域是全球石油行业的一个缩影。
• You microcosm will become same as universe macrocosm.
  微观世界的你变得和宏观世界的宇宙同为一体。
• In microcosm, my school is proof of just how global.
  从小的方面来说，我所在学校就是教育全球化的一个例证。
• The unfolding of the Hungarian crisis now looks like a microcosm of the world crisis.
  现在看来，匈牙利危机的演变犹如全球危机的缩影。
• The audience was selected to create a microcosm of American society.
  观众是经过特殊选择的，他们实际上构成了美国社会的缩影。
• This is a complex dispute that is a political microcosm of South African society.
  这次的争端十分复杂，它是南非社会现状在政治上的一个缩影。
• Demonstrating his occasionally very accurate ear for English idiom, he said, The microcosm becomes the macrocosm.
  他偶尔展现对英语句子的精准听力，说：微观世界变为宏观世界。
• The world wide problems we are facing are illustrated in microcosm by the situation in our own country.
  我们自己国家的情况是我们所面临的世界性问题的缩影。