The sword hasn't had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer's full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized "an officer and a gentleman.
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英語六級真題
It symbolized the American spirit.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
象征;代表
If one thing symbolizes another, it is used or regarded as a symbol of it.