microcosm

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COPYa small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one 微观世界，缩影 → macrocosm

microcosm of

New York’s mix of people is a microcosm of America.

纽约多元化的人口组成是美国社会的缩影。

in microcosm

All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.

所有社会问题在这里都有它的缩影。

—microcosmic /ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒzmɪk $ -kroʊˈkɑːz-/ adjectiveadj

the forces which we see at work on a microcosmic scale

我们所看到的微缩情况下的作用力

Examples from the Corpus

microcosm• The state has become a microcosm of the economic change that has gripped the nation.• New Hampshire is hardly a microcosm of the United States.• The family is a microcosm of social existence for which our young are pre-adapted.• The wall is a microcosm of a city where art well and truly thrived.• It was a fantastic microcosm, full of humour and savagery.• The final game was the series in microcosm.• In the beginning, ecologists built simple mathematical models and simple laboratory microcosms.

in microcosm• Harris' production company is starting to look like an empire in microcosm.

Origin microcosm

(1100-1200) Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos “small world”

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