If you describe an event, action, or procedure as symbolic, you mean that it represents an important change, although it has little practical effect.
双语例句
例： A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip.
许多拉丁美洲官员正在强调这次旅行的重要象征意义。
例： The move today was largely symbolic.
今天这一步在很大程度上具有象征意义。