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Personification Qualities Abstract Person Kindness Human Thing   [Usu

英语单词 personification
英美音标 英 [pəˌsɒnɪfɪ'keɪʃn] 美 [pərˌsɑːnɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
中文释义 n.拟人;化身;典型;具体化
英语例句 (1) Besides, this sort of dexterous hand can match up with the effect of personification both in external shape and the range of movement.
(2) He is the personification of honesty.
(3) He looked the personification of misery.
中文例句 (1) 实验结果表明,该仿人灵巧手具有很好的柔顺性,并且整体外形和手指关节的运动范围均能达到拟人的效果。
(2) 他是诚实的化身。
(3) 他那副样子可谓是苦难的典型。
vocabulary简明 Personification means "giving humans qualities to an abstract idea," as in a movie villain who is the personification of evil.
vocabulary扩展 You can use the noun personification in two ways. In the first, a person who is known for a certain quality, like wisdom, is said to represent that quality in a way any can understand, like a patient, generous person who is the personification of kindness. On the other hand, personification can give human qualities to something that isn’t human. For example, you might say, “The sea is angry,” assigning it a human emotion.
柯林斯解释
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[N-SING 单数名词]体现某种品质(或特点)的人;典型;化身 If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
  [usu the N of n]
  • Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer...

    贾尼斯·乔普林是20世纪60年代摇滚女歌手的代表。

  • He was usually the personification of kindness.

    他通常都很和善。

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[N-VAR 可变名词]拟人化;象征 A personification of something abstract is its representation in the form of a person.
  [usu N of n]
  • ...personifications of the attributes of Justice, Prudence and Truth.

    正义、审慎和真理的化身

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