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Embodiment Form Giving Word Body 英 ɪm'bɒdimənt] 美 ɪm'bɑːdimənt

英语单词 embodiment
英美音标 英 [ɪm'bɒdimənt] 美 [ɪm'bɑːdimənt]
中文释义 n.化身;体现
英语例句 (1) She's the embodiment of kindness.
(2) The new factory is the embodiment of the very latest ideas.
(3) If there is a French exception, Mr Chirac is its embodiment.
中文例句 (1) 她是慈祥的化身。
(2) 这座新工厂是那些最新设想的体现。
(3) 如果说,存在一个法国例外,希拉克就是其体现。
vocabulary简明 The embodiment of something gives concrete form to an abstract idea. A flag is the embodiment of a country.
vocabulary扩展 When you talk about embodiment, you're talking about giving a form to ideas that are usually not physical: like love, hate, fear, justice, etc. A gavel is the embodiment of justice; a wedding ring can be the embodiment of love. The word body in embodiment is a clue to its meaning: this is a word for giving a body to things that usually don't have one.
柯林斯解释
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[N-SING 单数名词](品质、思想等的)典型,化身 If you say that someone or something is the embodiment of a quality or idea, you mean that that is their most noticeable characteristic or the basis of all they do.
  [usu the N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability.

    婴儿极为脆弱。

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