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

• We often personify the sun and the moon, calling the sun he and the moon she.
  我们经常用他来称呼太阳，用她来称呼月亮，使他们人格化。
• 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。
• He presided over a viciously effective police state and came to personify a whole era of bloody despotism during the latter stages of the cold war.
  他成功的控制了一个集权国家，并且在冷战后期成为整个时代的血腥专制的代名词。
• 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。
• Artists personify beauty in their works.
  艺术家在作品中表现美。
• The sun and the moon is often personify in poetry.
  诗歌中常把日、月拟人化。
• On other occasions she can be charm personified.
  在其他场合，她是魅力的化身。
• A younger woman was chosen to personify fertility.
  选择一个年轻的女孩代表生育。
• 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。
• 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。