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personify

音標[p?'s?nifai] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 看做人, 賦與人性, 使人格化, 體現, 是...的化身

詞型變化:

名詞:personifier 動詞過去式:personified 過去分詞:personified 現在分詞:personifying 第三人稱單數:personifies 

英文解釋:

動詞 personify:

  1. invest with or as with a body; give body to
    同義詞:body
  2. represent, as of a character on stage
    同義詞:embody, be
  3. attribute human qualities to something
    同義詞:personate

例句:

  1. He is kindness personified.
    他是善良的化身。
  2. Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales.
    常把蒙著眼睛手持天平的女人當作正義象徵
  3. The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry.
    詩歌中常把日、 月擬人化。
  4. He personifies the worship of money.
    他是拜金的化身。

詳細解釋:


per.son.i.fy

v.tr.(及物動詞)
per.son.i.fied,per.son.i.fy.ing,per.son.i.fies
To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being:
擬人化:認為或賦予(無生命東西或抽象的事物)以人的特性或生物的特性、思維或活動:
例句:
.To make history or psychology alive I personify it.(Anaôs Nin)
.我將歷史或心理人格化,使得它具體生動起來.(阿奈斯·尼恩)

To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.
以人形代表(事物或抽象的觀念
To represent (an abstract quality or idea):
代表(一種抽象的性質思想):
例句:
This character personifies evil.
這個人物代表 *

To be the embodiment or perfect example of:
象徵,體現:成為一個化身或恰當的例子:
例句:
.Stalin now personified bolshevism in the eyes of the world.(A.J.P. Taylor)
.在整個世界看來,現在史達林象徵著布爾什維克主義.(A.J.P.泰勒)

來源:
French personnifier
法文 personnifier
from personne [person]
源自 personne [個人]
from Old French persone * see person
源自 古法文 persone *參見 person

【引伸】
person.ifi.er
n.(名詞)

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