incarnation

英 [ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪnkɑːrˈneɪʃn]

n.  (某一段时间内的)化身; 代表某种品质的人; 化身; 道成肉身(上帝化身为耶稣来到人间)

复数：incarnations　

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牛津词典

noun

• （某一段时间内的）化身
  a period of life in a particular form
  1. one of the incarnations of Vishnu
     守护神毗湿奴的化身之一
  2. He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.
     他相信他的前生是个王子。
  3. I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.
     她先前当律师时我曾在她那里上班。
• 代表某种品质的人；化身
  a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form
  1. the incarnation of evil
     邪恶的化身
• 道成肉身（上帝化身为耶稣来到人间）
  the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (某种品质的)典型体现，化身
  If you say that someone is theincarnation ofa particular quality, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form.
  1. The regime was the very incarnation of evil...
     该政权正是罪恶的化身。
  2. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
     她是魅力的完美化身。
• N-COUNT (在世间的)化身，前身
  Anincarnationis an instance of being alive on earth in a particular form. Some religions believe that people have several incarnations in different forms.
  1. She began recalling a series of previous incarnations...
     她开始回忆起前世的种种情形。
  2. His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
     他的勤奋与坚持表明他前世是只蚂蚁。

英英释义

noun

• the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  Synonym:personification
• a new personification of a familiar idea
  1. the embodiment of hope
  2. the incarnation of evil
  3. the very avatar of cunning
  Synonym:embodimentavatar
• time passed in a particular bodily form
  1. he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation

双语例句

• This film is the latest incarnation of a fairy tale that dates back to the middle ages.
  这部影片是始于中世纪的一个神话故事的最新体现。
• This will actually be the third incarnation of Harris 'Red Dragon novel.
  这实际上是哈里斯《红龙》小说的第三个化身。
• The Greeks saw these tribes as the incarnation of evil.
  希腊人把这些都落视为邪恶的化身。
• That the human nature of Christ, and not only His divine nature, existed before the Incarnation.
  不只基督的神性，就连他的人性，在道成肉身前就已存在。
• You may be fated to have a very influential incarnation.
  或许你命中注定会是个非常有影响力的化身。
• What a pity of a lost incarnation in search of vain and frivolous things!
  在追寻虚荣与轻浮的事物中失去化身是很可惜的！
• His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
  他的勤奋与坚持表明他前世是只蚂蚁。
• The Christ soul's last incarnation was as the humble carpenter from Galilee, Jesus of Nazareth.
  基督灵魂最后一次投生是作为加利利（勒斯坦北部一多山地区）卑微的木匠，拿撒勒的耶稣。
• She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
  她是魅力的完美化身。
• I feel as if they had been my friends in a former incarnation.
  我感觉到他们的前世是我的朋友。