字典解釋
我們都很熟悉名詞“icon”磷醋，常用來(lái)表示“圖標(biāo)”冕臭，也可以表示“偶像” “代表人物”。今天我們學(xué)習(xí)它的形容詞形式 iconic卷胯，意思是“偶像的”“標(biāo)志性的”子刮。在一些語(yǔ)境下它可以用來(lái)替換 important，famous窑睁，impressive 等詞挺峡。
例句
iconic 可以形容人也可以形容事物
NIke/Starbucks/Coca-Cola/Tesla is an iconic brand.
Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman.
《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在創(chuàng)刊175周年之際出版了第一本明信片書(shū)： Cover story: A History in 100 Postcards, 把100張精選的往期經(jīng)典封面做成了明信片。官網(wǎng)上對(duì)于這本書(shū)的介紹：
Cover story is a postcard collection celebrating 175 years of iconic covers from The Economist.
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《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在提到著名建筑“鳥(niǎo)巢”時(shí)用的就是iconic：
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.
翻譯練習(xí)
在阿湯哥（Tom Cruise）近40年的職業(yè)生涯中担钮，他扮演過(guò)許多經(jīng)典角色橱赠。
During the 40 years’ professional career of Tom Cruise. He act as many iconic characters.
參考翻譯
Over the course of his nearly four-decade career, Ton Cruise has played many iconic characters.
