incarnate
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you say that someone is a quality incarnate, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 化身的; 極典型的[n ADJ]
She is evil incarnate. 她是邪惡的化身。
2. ADJ You use incarnate to say that something, especially a god or spirit, is represented in human form. (神或靈)人格化; 顯形的[v-link ADJ]
Why should God become incarnate as a male?
為什么上帝顯身為男性呢?
3. V-T If you say that a quality is incarnated in a person, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 表現(xiàn); 最典型體現(xiàn)
The iniquities of the regime are incarnated in one man. 該體制的種種劣跡集中體現(xiàn)于一人。
...a writer who incarnates the changing consciousness of the Americas. ...典型地體現(xiàn)出美洲觀念變化的一位作家。
4. V-T If you say that someone or something is incarnated in a particular form, you mean that they appear on earth in that form. 化身為; 顯形為[usu passive]
The god Vishnu was incarnated on earth as a king. 毗瑟挐神在地上化身為一位國(guó)王。
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