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

• In this paper, a personification algorithm for solving the Traveling Salesman Problem ( TSP) is proposed, which is based on original greedy algorithm.
  基于贪心算法提出了一种改进的求解旅行商问题（TSP）的拟人算法。
• 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。
• ( New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit.
  （新约）作为罪恶根源的财富的人格化。
• The personification of evil as a devil is a feature of medieval painting.
  用魔鬼象徵罪恶是中世纪绘画的特色。
• She is the very personification of selfishness.
  她是个典型的自私者。
• More figures of speech are used in English reports in order to enhance the literariness of sports games, like metaphor, euphemism, personification and exaggeration.
  英文报道中多使用修辞来增加体育报道的文学性，如暗喻、委婉语、拟人和夸张。
• Personification is the act of representing objects or qualities as human beings.
  拟人是将无生命之物或品质人格化。
• He is the personification of honesty.
  他是诚实的化身。
• 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。
• Audery Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty.
  奥黛丽。赫本是自然美的化身。