incarnate
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you say that someone is a quality incarnate, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 化身的; 极典型的[n ADJ]
She is evil incarnate. 她是邪恶的化身。
2. ADJ You use incarnate to say that something, especially a god or spirit, is represented in human form. (神或灵)人格化; 显形的[v-link ADJ]
Why should God become incarnate as a male?
为什么上帝显身为男性呢?
3. V-T If you say that a quality is incarnated in a person, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 表现; 最典型体现
The iniquities of the regime are incarnated in one man. 该体制的种种劣迹集中体现于一人。
...a writer who incarnates the changing consciousness of the Americas. ...典型地体现出美洲观念变化的一位作家。
4. V-T If you say that someone or something is incarnated in a particular form, you mean that they appear on earth in that form. 化身为; 显形为[usu passive]
The god Vishnu was incarnated on earth as a king. 毗瑟挐神在地上化身为一位国王。
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