incarnation

英 [ɪnkɑː'neɪʃ(ə)n]美 [,ɪnkɑr'neʃən]
  • n. 化身；道成肉身；典型
TEM8 低频词 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. in- "in" + carn- + -ation.
2. => make flesh, act of being made flesh.
3. => embodiment of God in the person of Christ.

中文词源

incarnation 化身

来自incarnate,肉体化，具体化。其原义为化身为凡人耶稣的上帝，后词义通用化。

英文词源

incarnation (n.)
c. 1300, "embodiment of God in the person of Christ," from Old French incarnacion (12c.), from Late Latin incarnationem (nominative incarnatio), "act of being made flesh" (used by Church writers especially of God in Christ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin incarnare "to make flesh," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage). Glossed in Old English as inflæscnes, inlichomung.

双语例句

1. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
她是魅力的完美化身。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The regime was the very incarnation of evil.
该政权正是罪恶的化身。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
那个守财奴是贪婪的化身.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
那位主要舞蹈演员简直是美的化身.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
他的勤奋与坚持表明他前世是只蚂蚁。
来自柯林斯例句