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microcosm

/mahy-kruh-koz-uhm/US // ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒz əm //UK // (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm) //

微观世界,小宇宙,微型世界,微观社会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a little world; a world in miniature.
    • : anything that is regarded as a world in miniature.
    • : human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.

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Examples

  • I spoke with pawnbrokers across the country about what the business has been like in this unprecedented year, and the picture that emerged was a microcosm of the economy that flies under the radar for many.

  • Hsieh wanted to create a microcosm of Silicon Valley that was infused with the ethos of Burning Man.

  • Artists are trying to make plurality work in these little microcosms.

  • In some ways, the boycott was a microcosm for how some advertisers see inclusive media buying.

  • Schools really are their own microcosm where you have a lot of individuals from different areas in the community coming in.

  • But what happens at Winchester University is a microcosm of the cruel world beyond its be-crested gates.

  • I begin to observe that it sounds as if Sully is in microcosm what Newman himself…but that is as far as I get.

  • The way he approaches his sexual escapades is only a microcosm of his general douchebag approach to life.

  • Altogether, the monks, the Dukes, and the winemakers created a microcosm the influence of which can still be felt today.

  • Immigration reform is a hugely consequential microcosm of the national political debate.

  • The broad-beamed budgerow presented a strangely accurate microcosm of India at that moment.

  • We grant that man is a very complex machine, a microcosm peopled with possibilities of which we can understand but little.

  • Maimonides knew Joseph ibn Zaddik favorably, but he was not familiar with the "Microcosm."

  • Man is called "Microcosm," a world in miniature, because he has in him represented all the elements of the universe.

  • We must now review briefly the practical part of Ibn Zaddik's philosophy as it is found in the fourth part of the "Microcosm."