Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14090
embodiment
化身；体现
核心释义
a person or thing that is a perfect example or symbol of a quality or idea
- 1.
具体化；体现过程
The process of embodying.
- 2.
抽象概念的具体体现
A physical entity typifying an abstract concept.
- 3.
知识、个性、文化等通过身体体验而被调节的方式。
The ways that knowledge, personality, culture, etc. are modulated by being experienced through a physical body.
具体化；具体化；体现过程；抽象概念的具体体现；知识、个性、文化等通过身体体验而被调节的方式。；化身
用法In use
She is the embodiment of patience, never losing her temper even in difficult situations.
用法提示：embodiment 在这里是名词，指‘化身；完美体现’，说明人具备某种抽象特质。
This small garden is an embodiment of the community's care for the environment.
用法提示：embodiment 作名词，用不定冠词 an 表示‘具体体现’，把抽象概念变成可见的事物。
These handmade gifts are embodiments of the friendship between our two families.
用法提示：embodiment 用复数 embodiments，表示‘具体体现；化身’，说明多个实例。
be the embodiment of sth
常用单数，后接 of + 抽象名词，表示某人或某物集中体现某种品质。
The judge was the embodiment of fairness.
这位法官是公正的化身。
an embodiment of sth
an embodiment 强调某一个具体体现，复数形式为 embodiments。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- living embodiment
- 活生生的化身
- She was the living embodiment of patience.她是耐心的活生生的化身。
- perfect embodiment
- 完美的体现
- This building is the perfect embodiment of modern architecture.这座建筑是现代建筑的完美体现。
- physical embodiment
- 物质形态的体现
- The sculpture is the physical embodiment of the artist's vision.这座雕像是艺术家愿景的物质体现。
- embodiment of hope
- 希望的化身
- The rescue team became an embodiment of hope for the stranded villagers.救援队成为被困村民的希望化身。
- embodiment of evil
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：embody 由 em-（使）和 body（身体）组成，把抽象想法装进身体，就是“具体化、化身”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、public speeches、news articles、everyday metaphors embodiment 的正式程度会随语境变化：多用于学术文章、演讲和新闻评论等书面或正式场合，表示“化身、具体体现”；在日常口语中较少直接使用，但出现在比喻性表达里也不算罕见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes with embodiment. The -ment words (government, statement, punishment, development, management) share the final spelling and the unstressed /mənt/ suffix, but their stressed vowels are different. Body shares the /ˈbɒd/ sound and spelling at the start, but its ending /i/ does not match /ɪmənt/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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