Word · Frequency #24563
Fully loadedincarnate
体现;使具体化;使实体化
to make an abstract idea real and concrete
- 1.
To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
赋予肉身;使具人形。
- 2.
To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).
获得完全的存在(身体或其他形式)。
- 3.
To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
使肉欲化;降低精神本质。
- 4.
To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
使具体化;体现(思想等)。
使具人形;以人体体现;赋予肉身;使具人形。;获得完全的存在(身体或其他形式)。;使肉欲化;降低精神本质。;使具体化;体现(思想等)。
In use
Every donation you make incarnates our shared commitment to helping those in need.
The teacher incarnated the school's motto by treating every student with fairness.
Through her cooking, she is incarnating the traditional flavors of her hometown.
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。
adjective: noun + incarnate
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。
Verb forms
base incarnate · third person incarnates · -ing incarnating · past incarnated · past participle incarnated
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。
Connections
Collocations
- incarnate the spirit
- 体现……的精神
- His poetry incarnates the spirit of the age.他的诗歌体现了时代精神。
- be incarnated in
- 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。
- the devil incarnate
- 魔鬼的化身
- The tyrant was the devil incarnate.那个暴君是魔鬼的化身。
- beauty incarnate
- 美的化身
- In the portrait, she is beauty incarnate.在这幅肖像画中,她是美的化身。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the devil incarnate
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想: in + carn(肉) → 让理念‘入肉’成为实体,即体现、化身。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/。
Learn the forms together
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