personify

英 [pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ]

美 [pərˈsɑːnɪfaɪ]

v.  是…的典型; 集中表现; 拟人化; 把…人格化

过去分词：personified　过去式：personified　第三人称单数：personifies　现在分词：personifying　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18911 / COCA.14127

牛津词典

verb

• 是…的典型；集中表现
  to be an example of a quality or characteristic, or to have a lot of it
  1. These children personify all that is wrong with the education system.
     这些儿童充分体现了教育制度的缺陷。
  2. He is kindness personified.
     他是仁慈的化身。
• 拟人化；把…人格化
  to show or think of an object, quality, etc. as a person
  1. The river was personified as a goddess.
     这条河被人格化，成为一位女神。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 是…的典范；集中体现；象征
  If you say that someonepersonifiesa 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.
  1. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility...
     她宛如善良和高贵的化身。
  2. ...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
  3. On other occasions she can be charm personified.
     在其他场合，她是魅力的化身。

英英释义

verb

• attribute human qualities to something
  1. The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
  Synonym:personate
• represent, as of a character on stage
  1. Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
  Synonym:embodybe
• invest with or as with a body
  Synonym:body

双语例句

• It is to personify the government behavior economically and to import the relative theories of market economy.
  把招商引资过程中的政府行为经济人格化，并引入市场经济主体运行相关理论加以分析。
• As to an abstract and inanimate entity, apostrophe can personify them and make the images of poetry vivid and charming.
  与动物或抽象概念对话时，能赋予诗人要诉说的对象以人的特征，使得诗歌意象生动活泼，增添艺术魅力。
• I'm assuming that you have something that you personify that you love that thing, in some that you haven't personified that you love.
  我假设有些东西，你拟人化了并且你爱它，一些东西你爱的但是没有拟人化。
• There are two people in my own world, one is myself, the other is my shadow, I personify my shadow as a member of my family, my friend, my partner, or anyone or an object that I like.
  在我的世界里只有两个人，一个是我自己，另一个是我的影子，我会把我的影子看做亲人、朋友、对象等等以及我喜欢的任何人或事物。
• The only way then, would be to find one song that I feel would fully personify Michael, his hope, his dreams and his unconditional love for all the children in this world.
  唯一的办法，就是选一首在我心目中，最能够代表迈克杰可逊的歌曲，让大家一起聆听这位音乐天才对全世界的梦想，博爱，和希望。
• O beloved sick, how doubly dear you are to me, when you personify christ; and what a privilege is mine to be allowed to tend you.
  亲爱的生病的人，对我来说你们是双倍的可亲，因为你们是基督的化身，而能照顾你们是我多大的特权。
• People usually personify a ship by referring to it as "She". He travels with a wealthy crowd.
  人们往往用她来称呼船使之拟人化。他跟有钱人有来往。
• On other occasions she can be charm personified.
  在其他场合，她是魅力的化身。
• People usually personify a ship by referring to it as she.
  人们往往用“她”来称呼船使之拟人化。
• Kept for milk and dung, cows personify Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and are treated to fruit and grain on her day of honor.
  母牛可以产奶及蓄粪肥，象征财富女神拉克希米，在她的受敬日里被供奉水果及谷物。