1ADJ [usually verb-link ADJ]象征(性)的;标志(性)的 If something, such as an object in a picture, is emblematic of a particular quality or an idea, it symbolically represents the quality or idea. 象征(性)的;标志(性)的
Dogs are emblematic of faithfulness. [+ of]
狗象征着忠诚。
In some works, flowers take on a powerful emblematic quality.
2ADJ 代表(性)的;典型(性)的 If you say that something is emblematic of a state of affairs, you mean that it is characteristic of it and represents its most typical features. 代表(性)的;典型(性)的
The killing in Pensacola is emblematic of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world. [+ of]