personify 详细解释

personify

[pə:'sɔnifai]

v.拟人化, 使人格化,是…的典型,是…的化身, 表现

词形变化

名词: personifier | 动词过去式: personified | 动词过去分词: personified | 动词现在分词: personifying | 动词第三人称单数: personifies |

词义辨析

同义参见:

actualize  

英英释义

动词 personify:

invest with or as with a body; give body to

同义词:body

represent, as of a character on stage

同义词:embody, be

attribute human qualities to something

同义词:personate

补充

personifypersonify英:[pəˈsɔnifai] 美:[pɚˈsɑnəˌfaɪ]vt.1.将(某事物)人格化、拟人化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。2.以人的形象表现(思想、品质等); 象征Artists personify beauty in their works.艺术家在作品中表现美。3.为某品质或特点的化身(尤指极典型的)

例句

1. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.她似乎是善良和高尚的化身。 2. Her power and strength were personified in her portrayal as a lioness with a woman's body.她被刻画成有着女人身体的一头母狮子, 这是对她的权力和力量的拟人化表现形式。 3. The play personifies death as an implacable debt collector.这部戏把死亡比拟为一个毫不容情的债主。 4. Mars, a hero figure, personifies the loftiest of masculine virtues.英雄人物战神玛尔斯是最崇高的男子汉气概的象征。 5. to personify a ship by referring to it as “she”用“她”来称呼船,使之拟人化 6. He is prudence personified.他是谨慎的化身。 7. The new leader personified a new spirit of the time.新任领袖代表了时代的一种新精神。 8. public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified.善与恶均有化身的露天历史剧和戏剧。 9. in the poem the oak trees are personified.在那首诗中橡树被拟人化了。 10. the car personified motoring fun for two decades.那汽车体现了驾车的乐趣达20年之久。 11. She is kindness personified.她是仁慈的化身。 12. She personifies kindness. = She is kindness personified. [=she is a very kind person]她是仁爱的典范。 13. The ancient Greeks personified the forces of nature as gods and goddesses.古希腊人将各种自然力视为众神的化身。 14. Justice is personified as a woman with her eyes covered.正义之神是一个蒙住双眼的女性形象。