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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary em·body (em·bod·ied ; em·body·ing) DATE circa 1548 1. to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate 2. a. to deprive of spirituality b. to make concrete and perceptible 3. to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate 4. to represent in human or animal form : personify men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life — A. M. Schlesinger b1917 • em·bodi·er noun English Etymology embody c.1652, in ref. to a soul or spirit invested with a physical form; of principles, ideas, etc., from 1663; from en- "in" + body. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 embody em·body / im5bCdi; NAmE im5bB:di / verb(em·bodies, em·body·ing, em·bodied, em·bodied) ▪ [VN] 1. to express or represent an idea or a quality 具体表现,体现,代表(思想或品质) SYN represent :
a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家 the principles embodied in the Declaration of Human Rights 体现在《人权宣言》中的原则 2. (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。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 to make an abstraction concrete or perceptible often by representation in human or animal form FF1C;Dickens embodiedhypocrisy in his Uriah HeepFF1E; Synonyms: exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, personize, substantiate; compare REPRESENT 2 Related Words: actualize, hypostatize, realize, reify, symbolize, typify; demonstrate, evince, exemplify, exhibit, illustrate, show (forth) Antonyms: disembody 2 to cause to become a body or part of another body FF1C;embodied a revenue provision in the new lawFF1E; Synonyms: combine, incorporate, integrate Related Words: absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, consolidate, fuse, merge, unify 3 Synonyms: INCLUDE , comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take in Related Words: compose, consist (of), constitute 4 Synonyms: REPRESENT 2, body (forth), emblematize, epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, mirror, personify, symbolize, typifyWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged em·body \-dē, -di\ verb Etymology: en- (I) + body (n.) transitive verb 1. : to give a body to (a spirit) : invest with a body : incarnate 2. a. : to cause to become material or sensual : deprive of spirituality b. : to make concrete by expression in perceptible form (as in words, acts, institutions, or works of art) < attempted to embody basic democratic principles in the treaty > < a dictatorship embodied in a triumvirate > 3. : to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate , organize < embodied a revenue provision in the new law > < they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive > 4. : to represent in human or animal form < embodied virtue > : personify < embodying love as Cupid > intransitive verb 1. obsolete : to become embodied or materialized — used especially of the soul 2. : to unite in a body or mass : coalesce < fat globules embodied into butter > |
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