incarnate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·car·nate1 /ɪnˈkɑːnət $ -ɑːr-/ adjective 1 be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate to have an extreme amount of a particular quality 是邪恶/美/贪婪等的化身 He is now respectability incarnate. 现在他成了正派的化身。2 having taken human form 人体化的;化身的;拟人化的 Jesus, the incarnate Son of God 耶稣,上帝之子的化身 The media cast him as the devil incarnate (=someone very evil). 媒体把他描述成魔鬼的化身。
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incarnate• He thus challenged authority simply by declaring that he was al-haqq, truth incarnate.• With their mix of male and female imagery, snakes are sexuality incarnate.• The mental vibrations are also expressed in the aura which every incarnate being has around it.• Was the future of the Rabari incarnate in this young man?• And he is incarnate in us all whenever we are in converse with each other, instructing or mercifully helping.in·car·nate2 /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt $ -ɑːr-/ verb [transitive] formal 1 PERSON/PEOPLEto represent a particular quality in a physical or human form 成为…的化身;象征 The crown incarnates national power. 王冠是国家权力的象征。2. PERSON/PEOPLEto make something appear in a human form 使〔某物〕具有人形→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
incarnate• Like the sort of heterodox culture which Mapplethorpe incarnated.• The Church asserts that human beings are incarnated spirits: souls in bodies.• Truly great leaders such as Oppenheimer seem to incarnate the dream and become one with it.• She incarnates the innocence that makes "Don Giovanni" such a moving story.• Then you must incarnate what others incarnate.Origin incarnate1 (1300-1400) Late Latin past participle of incarnare, from Latin caro “flesh”in·car·nate1 adjectivein·car·nate2 verbChineseSyllable
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incarnate
in‧car‧nate1 /ɪnˈkɑːnət, ɪnˈkɑːnɪt $ -ɑːr-/
adjective
He is now respectability incarnate.
2. having taken human form:
Jesus, the incarnate Son of God
The media cast him as the devil incarnate (=someone very evil).
in‧car‧nate2 /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt $ -ɑːr-/
verb [transitive] formal
1. to represent a particular quality in a physical or human form:
The crown incarnates national power.
2. to make something appear in a human form
| I |
adjective Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: past participle of incarnare, from Latin caro 'flesh'
1. be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate to have an extreme amount of a particular quality:Language: Late Latin
Origin: past participle of incarnare, from Latin caro 'flesh'
2. having taken human form:
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verb [transitive] formal1. to represent a particular quality in a physical or human form:
2. to make something appear in a human form