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personify v.拟人化；使人格化；是…的典型；是…的化身；表现 (1) 诗歌中常把日、 月拟人化。(2) 他是善良的化身。(3) 他是拜金的化身。 You can also use the verb personify to show one person embodying another, like an actor attempting to personify Abraham Lincoln in a play about the former president. A person can also personify a value or emotion, as when the founder of a charitable organization is said to personify generosity and selflessness. When you add the suffix -ify (meaning "to make") to a noun, you "verbify" that noun. So personify means "to make into a person."

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英 [pə'sɒnɪfaɪ] 美 [pər'sɑːnɪfaɪ] (1) The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry.(2) He is kindness personified.(3) He personifies the worship of money. To personify is to give something lifeless human-like qualities — like when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me..." 1[VERB 动词]是…的典范；集中体现；象征 If you say that someone personifies a particular thing or quality, you mean that they seem to be a perfect example of that thing, or to have that quality to a very large degree.   [V n]  [V-ed]She seemed to personify goodness and nobility...她宛如善良和高贵的化身。...the world of inter-war decency as personified by Stanley Baldwin...在斯坦利·鲍德温身上所体现的两次大战间体面正派的人生On other occasions she can be charm personified.在其他场合，她是魅力的化身。

英语单词	personify
英美音标	英 [pə'sɒnɪfaɪ] 美 [pər'sɑːnɪfaɪ]
中文释义	v.拟人化；使人格化；是…的典型；是…的化身；表现
英语例句	(1) The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry. (2) He is kindness personified. (3) He personifies the worship of money.
中文例句	(1) 诗歌中常把日、月拟人化。 (2) 他是善良的化身。 (3) 他是拜金的化身。
vocabulary简明	To personify is to give something lifeless human-like qualities — like when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me..."
vocabulary扩展	You can also use the verb personify to show one person embodying another, like an actor attempting to personify Abraham Lincoln in a play about the former president. A person can also personify a value or emotion, as when the founder of a charitable organization is said to personify generosity and selflessness. When you add the suffix -ify (meaning "to make") to a noun, you "verbify" that noun. So personify means "to make into a person."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]是…的典范；集中体现；象征 If you say that someone personifies a particular thing or quality, you mean that they seem to be a perfect example of that thing, or to have that quality to a very large degree. [V n] [V-ed] She seemed to personify goodness and nobility... 她宛如善良和高贵的化身。 ...the world of inter-war decency as personified by Stanley Baldwin... 在斯坦利·鲍德温身上所体现的两次大战间体面正派的人生 On other occasions she can be charm personified. 在其他场合，她是魅力的化身。

Personify Personified Person 英 Pə'Sɒnɪfaɪ] 美 Pər'sɑːnɪfaɪ V.拟人化；使人格化；是…的典型；是…的化身；表现 Sun