symptomatic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++symp·to·mat·ic /ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk◂/ adjective 1 formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF if a situation or type of behaviour is symptomatic of something, it shows that a serious problem exists （是）…征兆的；表明…的symptomatic of The rise in unemployment is symptomatic of a general decline in the economy. 失业率上升是经济全面衰退的征兆。2. medicalMI showing that someone has a particular illness （有）症状的 —symptomatically /-kli/ adverb
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symptomatic• His presence among them was highly symptomatic.• An idiopathic defect of magnesium absorption has been reported as a rare cause of symptomatic hypomagnesemia in infants.• Anthropology has always provided the clearest symptomatic instance, as was foreseen by Rousseau from the outset.• That is symptomatic of our failure sometimes to move on.• This, they felt, was symptomatic of the paper's commendable interest in and support of, the arts.• Deskilling is symptomatic of the way in which a worker's labour is taken possession of by the capitalist.symp·to·mat·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
if behaviour or Corpus of type a situation
symptomatic
symp‧to‧mat‧ic /ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk◂/
adjective
1. formal if a situation or type of behaviour is symptomatic of something, it shows that a serious problem exists
symptomatic of
The rise in unemployment is symptomatic of a general decline in the economy.
2. medical showing that someone has a particular illness
—symptomatically /-kli/ adverb
symp‧to‧mat‧ic /ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk◂/
adjective1. formal if a situation or type of behaviour is symptomatic of something, it shows that a serious problem exists
symptomatic of
2. medical showing that someone has a particular illness
—symptomatically /-kli/ adverb