Word · Frequency #11967
incarnation
化身；典型；体现
a person or thing that is a perfect or very typical example of an idea or quality
- 1.
An incarnate being or form.
化身；具人形的存在
- 2.
a new personification of a familiar idea
熟悉概念的新体现
- 3.
A version or iteration (of something).
某事物的版本或迭代。
- 4.
(Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
(基督教)上帝与人类在耶稣基督身上的结合教义
- 5.
A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
体现神或灵的生物。
- 6.
time passed in a particular bodily form
以特定身体形式度过的时间
- 7.
An assumption of human form or nature.
呈现人形或人性。
- 8.
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
被视为体现或展现某种品质、观念等的人或物。
- 9.
The act of incarnating.
化身的行为。
- 10.
The state of being incarnated.
化身的状态。
化身；具人形的存在；熟悉概念的新体现；某事物的版本或迭代。；(基督教)上帝与人类在耶稣基督身上的结合教义；体现神或灵的生物。
In use
The new library is the incarnation of the town's commitment to education.
In this series, the same hero appears in two incarnations: a knight and a magician.
For him, that old song is an incarnation of his happiest childhood memories.
the incarnation of evil
he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation
be the incarnation of sth
incarnation 与抽象名词连用，表示某人或某物是某种品质的化身或典型。 通常使用定冠词 the。
She was the incarnation of patience.
她是耐心的化身。
in its {adjective} incarnation
incarnation 也可以指事物发展中的“阶段、版本”，常用于 "in one's ... incarnation" 结构。
Connections
Collocations
- the incarnation of evil
- 邪恶的化身
- In many stories, the serpent is the incarnation of evil.在许多故事中，蛇是邪恶的化身。
- a previous incarnation
- 前世；以前的形态
- She thinks she was a musician in a previous incarnation.她认为自己前世是个音乐家。
- current incarnation
- 当前的形态；现行版本
- The museum, in its current incarnation, is very popular.这座博物馆目前的形式非常受欢迎。
- living incarnation
- 活生生的化身
- The old man is a living incarnation of wisdom.这位老人是智慧的活生生的化身。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the incarnation of
- ……的化身；……的典型She is the incarnation of elegance and charm.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
助记：把 incarnation 拆成 in + carnation（康乃馨），想象一朵花中住着神的化身。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学评论、宗教与哲学讨论 该词多用于正式、书面或文学语境，表示抽象概念或品质以具体形象体现；日常口语中较少使用，常出现在宗教、哲学或文学讨论中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均以 -ation 结尾，词尾通常读作 /eɪʃən/。其中 nation、carnation、creation、imagination 的重音都落在词尾的 /eɪʃən/ 音节上，与 incarnation 的 -nation (/neɪʃən/) 押韵；information 和 foundation 虽然也以 /eɪʃən/ 结尾，但重音分别在 -ma- 和 -da- 上，注意不要读错重音位置。
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。
Learn the forms together
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.