[VERB 动词]表现,体现,代表(思想或品质) To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality.
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Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s...
杰克·肯尼迪代表了20世纪60年代的全部希望。
For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War...
29年来,查理检查站一直是冷战的象征。
That stability was embodied in the Gandhi family.
甘地家族体现了那种坚定的品质。
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[VERB 动词]包含;包括 If something is embodied in a particular thing, the second thing contains or consists of the first.
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The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution...
那项提案包含在决议草案中。
UK employment law embodies arbitration and conciliation mechanisms for settling industrial disputes.
英国雇佣法包括解决劳资纠纷的仲裁和调解机制。
...In the British system the executive is supposedly embodied by the Crown and the legislative by Parliament
在英国体制中,行政权理论上归属君主,立法权则归议会。
Oxford
em·body/ɪmˈbɒdi; NAmEɪmˈbɑːdi/verb(em·bodies,em·body·ing,em·bodied,em·bodied)1to express or represent an idea or a quality 具体表现,体现,代表(思想或品质)SYN
represent
embodysth ◆a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth代表黑人青年希望的政治家be embodied in sth◆the principles embodied in the Declaration of Human Rights体现在《人权宣言》中的原则2embodysth ( formal) to include or contain sth 包括;包含;收录◆This model embodies many new features.这种型号具有许多新特点。embodyembodiesembodiedembodyingem·body/ɪmˈbɒdi; NAmEɪmˈbɑːdi/
LDC
embodyem‧bod‧y /ɪmˈbɒdi $ ɪmˈbɑːdi/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle embodied, present participle embodying, third person singular embodies) [transitive]
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1to be a very good example of an idea or qualitySYN represent: She embodies everything I admire in a teacher.2formal to include something: The latest model embodies many new improvements.
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embody
[ɪmˈbɒdi]embodied, embodying, embodies
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embodied[468] embodies[412]
包含(70%),使具体化(30%)
vt.体现,使具体化;具体表达
n.(Embody)人名;(英)恩博迪
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