personify

英 [pə'sɒnɪfaɪ] 美 [pər'sɑːnɪfaɪ]

• v. 拟人化；使人格化；是…的典型；是…的化身；表现

英英释义

Verb:

1. invest with or as with a body; give body to

2. represent, as of a character on stage;

   "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
   

3. attribute human qualities to something;

   "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry.
   诗歌中常把日、 月拟人化。
2. He is kindness personified.
   他是善良的化身。
3. He personifies the worship of money.
   他是拜金的化身。
4. Artists personify beauty in their works.
   艺术家在作品中表现美。

经典引文

• Boethius..personifies Philosophy as a woman.

  出自： A. Storr

近反义词

【近义词】

• embody 使具体化
• epitomize 摘要
• incarnate 体现
• exemplify 例证
• characterize 表示 ... 的典型...
• typify 作为某人或某物的典型...
• represent 表现
• show 证明
• anthropomorphize 人格化
• humanize 赋予人性
• personalize 个人化
• actualize 实现
• body 身体
• be 有
• personate 饰演