" You think this a mere symbolic keepsake, then? "

“这么说你觉得这纯粹只个象征性的纪念品？”

When something is? symbolic, it represents something important.

当某物象征性的，它代表的要的东西。

And these symbolic gestures are actually effective.

而这些象征性的行为其实真的有效的。

In Japan, colors have great symbolic meaning.

在日本文化中，颜色有要的象征意义。

The role of emperor is symbolic in Japan.

天皇在日本象征性的存在。

Nothing hard, perhaps. But something symbolic.

也么硬的东西，但意思一下还很有必要。

The Vice Presidency is a mostly symbolic job.

副总统过个象征性的职位罢了。

Maref Council Secretary Donna Barr said the vote was largely symbolic.

议会秘书唐娜·巴尔说，这次投票在很大程度上象征性的。

I think perhaps more important is the symbolic resonance.

我想也许更要的象征性的回应。

It's symbolic of the modern digital age, says Wu.

它代表现代的数码世界，吴如说道。

The Queen's position is mostly symbolic in modern day Britain.

在当代英国，女王的地位只具有象征意义。

His plan of Imola was a feat of symbolic imagination.

他的伊莫拉地图象征性想象的壮举。

And some other people described it as a symbolic move.

而其他一些人则将其描述为一种象征性的举动。

The queen's role there was mostly a symbolic one.

女王在该国的角色主要象征性的。

Political analysts say that was a symbolic decision though.

但政治分析人士表示，这一个象征性的决定。

But these are bits of symbolic rhetoric and no more than that.

但它们都只一些象征摆设，没么别的意义。

No vote can tell an empty symbolic gesture into a state.

没有哪个投票决议能把象征性的符号变成真实形态。

So the fact that these talks went ahead was usually symbolic.

因此，这些会谈一般都象征性的。

Whether an author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant.

作者有没有意识把象征放在书中太要。

Yet it is also, for the time being, only a symbolic one.

然而，这样的标语就目前而言也只象征性的。