If something or someone typifies a situation or type of thing or person, they have all the usual characteristics of it and are a typical example of it.
例句
These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.這兩座建筑物體現了愛爾蘭建筑風格的極致多變。…a reaction against the achievements of science, as typified by the development of nuclear weapons.對以核武器發展為代表的科學成就的反對
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
作為…的典型；具有…的特征
She typifies the bored housewife.她是那種百無聊賴的家庭主婦的典型。
代表；象征
In this book we have tried to typify the main classes of verbs.在本書中，我們力圖以明顯的方式把動詞劃分幾大類。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of;
"The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
2. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol;