incarnation

英 [ˌɪnkɑː'neɪʃn] 美 [ˌɪnkɑːr'neɪʃn]

• n. 赋与肉体；具人形；化身；（生活中的）特殊阶段

英英释义

Noun:

1. a new personification of a familiar idea;

   "the embodiment of hope"
   "the incarnation of evil"
   "the very avatar of cunning"
   

2. (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ

3. time passed in a particular bodily form;

   "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"
   

4. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She's the very incarnation of goodness.
   她是美德的化身。
2. Innana continued to outwit any incarnation related to Merduk.
   伊娜娜不断击败与莫达克有关的任何化身。

经典引文

• He picked the form of a young Galilean Jew. Christians call it 'The Incarnation'

  出自： G. Priestland

词汇搭配

• procedure incarnation 过程实体

近反义词

【近义词】

• personification 拟人
• embodiment 化身
• avatar （网络空间中使用的）头像...
• manifestation 表现
• life 一生
• materialization 具体化
• soul 灵魂