personification是什么意思？

personification

英[pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] 美[pərˌsɑnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

• n. 人格化，拟人化；

复数：personifications;

例句

• He is very personification of selfishness. 他是个典型的自私者.
• Santa Claus is the personification of Christmas. 圣诞老人是圣诞节的象征.
• She was the personification of elegance. 她是典雅的化身。
• He was usually the personification of kindness. 他通常都很和善。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  体现某种品质（或特点）的人；典型；化身
  If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
  例句
  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。 He was usually the personification of kindness. 他通常都很和善。
• N-VAR
  拟人化；象征
  A personification of something abstract is its representation in the form of a person.
  例句
  ...personifications of the attributes of Justice, Prudence and Truth. 正义、审慎和真理的化身

英汉词典释义

• n.
  人格化;拟人化;象征;化身
  Santa Claus is the personification of Christmas. 圣诞老人是圣诞节的象征。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a person who represents an abstract quality;
  "she is the personification of optimism"
  2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  3. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.