verb: incarnate sth
作动词时是及物动词,后须接宾语,可将抽象概念具体化或赋予人形。
The sculpture incarnates the spirit of freedom.
这座雕像体现了自由的精神。
体现;使具体化;使实体化
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体现;使具体化;使实体化
to make an abstract idea real and concrete
The sculpture incarnates the spirit of freedom.
这座雕像体现了自由的精神。
赋予肉身;使具人形。
To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
获得完全的存在(身体或其他形式)。
To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).
使肉欲化;降低精神本质。
To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
使具体化;体现(思想等)。
To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
incarnate
Base
原形
incarnates
3rd person
第三人称单数
incarnating
-ing
现在分词
incarnated
Past
过去式
incarnated
Past participle
过去分词
The new policy incarnates the government's commitment to equality.
这项新政策体现了政府对平等的承诺。
The sculpture incarnated the artist's vision.
这座雕塑体现了艺术家的构想。
She has incarnated the spirit of the festival in her performance.
她在表演中体现了节日的精神。
动词意为“体现;使具体化”,规则变化,过去式和过去分词均为 incarnated。
Every donation you make incarnates our shared commitment to helping those in need.
你所做的每一笔捐款都体现了我们共同帮助有需要之人的承诺。
The teacher incarnated the school's motto by treating every student with fairness.
那位老师通过公平对待每位学生,具体体现了学校的校训。
Through her cooking, she is incarnating the traditional flavors of her hometown.
她正在用自己的厨艺把家乡的传统风味具体地呈现出来。
作动词时是及物动词,后须接宾语,可将抽象概念具体化或赋予人形。
The sculpture incarnates the spirit of freedom.
这座雕像体现了自由的精神。
作形容词时通常后置,放在所修饰的名词之后,表示“……的化身”。
She is kindness incarnate.
她是仁爱的化身。
Not this
He is the devil incarnates.
Use this
He is the devil incarnate.
incarnate 作形容词时意为“化身的、具有人形的”,常后置修饰名词(如 the devil incarnate),不能像动词一样加 -s。此处应使用形容词原形 incarnate。
Not this
Her kindness incarnates in her smile.
Use this
Her kindness is incarnated in her smile.
incarnate 作动词时是及物动词,不能像不及物动词一样由事物作主语直接接 in。表示“体现在……中”时需用被动语态 be incarnated in,或改用主动结构 She incarnates her kindness in her smile.
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体现……的精神
His poetry incarnates the spirit of the age.
他的诗歌体现了时代精神。
在……中得到体现;体现于……
The author's worldview is incarnated in her novels.
作者的世界观体现在她的小说中。
魔鬼的化身
The tyrant was the devil incarnate.
那个暴君是魔鬼的化身。
美的化身
In the portrait, she is beauty incarnate.
在这幅肖像画中,她是美的化身。
恶魔的化身;魔鬼的化身
The dictator was described as the devil incarnate.
那名独裁者被形容为恶魔的化身。
邪恶的化身
To the villagers, the old fortress was evil incarnate.
对村民来说,那座古堡就是邪恶的化身。
美的化身
She was beauty incarnate in the eyes of the painter.
在画家眼里,她是美的化身。
在《星球大战》系列中,达斯·维达是黑暗面的化身。
The dictator was cruelty incarnate, showing no mercy to his enemies.
那个独裁者是残忍的化身,对敌人毫不仁慈。
在《哈利·波特》系列中,伏地魔是邪恶的化身。
When she laughed, she looked like joy incarnate.
她大笑时,看上去就是欢乐的化身。
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联想: in + carn(肉) → 让理念‘入肉’成为实体,即体现、化身。
语域:formal 常见场景:文学或修辞性写作、正式演讲或评论 该词通常用于正式或文学语境,日常口语中较少见;动词表示“体现/使具体化”,形容词表示“化身的”,多用于强调抽象概念以人形或实体形式出现。
fate、late、create、translate 都以 /eɪt/ 结尾,与 incarnate 的 -nate 发音一致;注意 incarnate 的重音在 -car- 上,所以这些词并不构成完全押韵。需警惕形似词:fortunate /ˈfɔːrtʃənət/ 和 passionate /ˈpæʃənət/ 以 /ət/ 结尾,而不是 /eɪt/。
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