archetype

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ar·che·type /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countableC usually singular]

TYPICALa perfect example of something, because it has all the most important qualities of things that belong to that type 典型

archetype of

France is the archetype of the centralized nation-state.

法国是典型的中央集权制单一民族国家。

—archetypal /ˌɑːkɪˈtaɪpəl◂ $ ˌɑːr-/ adjectiveadj

Byron was the archetypal Romantic hero.

拜伦是典型的浪漫主义代表人物。

Examples from the Corpus

archetype• Each needs an archetype, a gold standard, to allow their specimens to be put in the correct cabinet.• My conception of Il trovatore is that here are what Jung called archetypes.• The biblical Mary is a powerful cultural archetype whose story has spoken to women across the centuries.• In the true manner of archetypes it was probably realized as a feedback symbol independently more than once.• Innovation should be the correct interpretation of the archetype, the prototype.• Thus, the value of bedtime snacks, of which milk and cookies are still the archetype.

archetype of• For most of us, France is the archetype of the centralized nation-state.

Origin archetype

(1500-1600) Latin archetypum, from Greek, from archein ( → ARCH-) + typos “type”

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