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

• She is the very personification of selfishness.
  她是个典型的自私者。
• He is the personification of pride.
  他是傲慢的化身。
• A personification of wickedness and ungodliness alluded to in the old and new testaments.
  彼勒《旧约》和《新约》中邪恶和罪孽的化身。
• As the personification of youth and beauty;
  他是年轻英俊的化身；
• 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。
• He was usually the personification of kindness.
  他通常都很和善。
• The personification of natural forces.
  自然力的拟人化。
• Correspondingly, there are other ways of imagery thinking different from logical reasoning, such as association, symbolization and personification etc.
  与此相对应，而与逻辑推理不同的，还有从一物到他物的联想、象征、拟人化等等诉诸形象的方法。
• 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。
• 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。