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Embody Embodied N Character Verb 动词 Idea   [V

英语单词 embody
英美音标 英 [ɪm'bɒdi] 美 [ɪm'bɑːdi]
中文释义 vt.使具体化;包含;代表,体现;使(精神)肉体化
英语例句 (1) The country's constitution embodies the ideals of freedom and equality.
(2) The latest computer model embodies many new features.
(3) The new car embodies many improvements.
(4) His determination and perseverance embody the spirit of the nation.
中文例句 (1) 这个国家的宪法体现了自由和平等的理想。
(2) 最新型的计算机具备许多新功能。
(3) 这辆新车包含了许多改进的项目。
(4) 他的顽强坚韧代表了民族精神。
vocabulary简明 To embody a role is to fill it completely. If a high schooler seems to embody the character of Macbeth, his performance might make the audience forget they're watching a dorky 15-year-old with braces.
vocabulary扩展 If you embody someone, you put him or her "in-body," as when an actor gives a complete and compelling representation of a character. You can also use embody to describe character traits you see in a person, like, “He embodies truth,” or, “She is the embodiment of goodness.”
柯林斯解释
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[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。

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