personification

英 [pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

美 [pərˌsɑːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.  体现某品质或特点的人; 化身; 典型; 拟人; 人格化; 拟人化的东西(或品质等)

复数：personifications　

GRE

BNC.20253 / COCA.17240

牛津词典

noun

• 体现某品质或特点的人；化身；典型
  a person who has a lot of a particular quality or characteristic
  1. She was the personification of elegance.
     她是典雅的化身。
• 拟人；人格化；拟人化的东西（或品质等）
  the practice of representing objects, qualities, etc. as humans, in art and literature; an object, quality, etc. that is represented in this way
  1. the personification of autumn in Keats's poem
     济慈诗歌中对秋天的拟人化

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 体现某种品质（或特点）的人；典型；化身
  If you say that someone isthe personification ofa particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
  1. Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer...
     贾尼斯·乔普林是20世纪60年代摇滚女歌手的代表。
  2. He was usually the personification of kindness.
     他通常都很和善。
• N-VAR 拟人化；象征
  Apersonification ofsomething abstract is its representation in the form of a person.
  1. ...personifications of the attributes of Justice, Prudence and Truth.
     正义、审慎和真理的化身

英英释义

noun

• the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  Synonym:incarnation
• representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  Synonym:prosopopoeia
• a person who represents an abstract quality
  1. she is the personification of optimism

双语例句

• The rhetorical devices of the idiom can be divided into emphatic repetition, contrast of two alternatives, vivid comparison, allusion and personification.
  修辞手段的成语可分为强调重复，对比两种选择，生动的比较，典故和人格化。
• She is the very personification of selfishness.
  她是个典型的自私者。
• He was usually the personification of kindness.
  他通常都很和善。
• They represented the anger and bitterness of youth struggling for freedom against authority, and for this reason they were regarded by some people as the personification of the permissive society.
  这些歌词表达了为争取自由，与传统权威进行斗争的广大青年的愤怒和怨恨。因此，有些人认为他们是“放任社会”的化身。
• The Mother referred to is both the stern demon-destroying goddess Kali and a personification of India.
  母亲既是严厉的邪恶毁灭者卡利女神，也是印度的一个化身。
• He is the personification of pride [ selfishness].
  他是傲慢[自私]的化身。
• Is criticism of Steve Jobs whose personification of the brand is a conscious choice by Apple unfair?
  对乔布斯他成为苹果品牌的化身，乃是苹果有意为之的批评是否有失公平？
• The personification of natural forces.
  自然力的拟人化。
• The holistic perceptive manner linking the self and the outside world, the personification of the objective things, the substantiation of the subjective world, and the unity of "my world" are the expression and Realization of children's spiritual integrity.
  联结自我与外界的整体感知方式，乃至于客观事物的人格化、主观世界的实在化以及“我的世界”的统一，是儿童整体性精神的表达与实现。
• Hello Kitty is a personification of a cat.
  凯蒂猫是一只猫的人格化。