personify是什么意思？

personify

英[pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ] 美[pərˈsɑnɪfaɪ]

• vt. 人格化，拟人化，赋与…人性，象征，体现；

第三人称单数：personifies;

过去式：personified;

过去分词：personified;

现在分词：personifying;

例句

• We often personify the sun and the moon, calling the sun “he” and the moon “she”. 我们经常用“他”来称呼太阳, 用“她”来称呼月亮, 使他们人格化。
• To make history or psychology alive I personify it ( Ana ? s Nin ) 我将历史或心理人格化,使得它具体生动起来 ( 阿奈斯尼恩 )
• She seemed to personify goodness and nobility... 她宛如善良和高贵的化身。
• The personify the divine and magic powers worshipped by the people. 它们把人们崇拜的神力和魔力都人格化了.
• Artists personify beauty in their works. 艺术家在作品中表现美.
• She seemed to personify goodness and nobility. 她宛如善良和高贵的化身。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  是…的典范；集中体现；象征
  If you say that someone personifies a particular thing or quality, you mean that they seem to be a perfect example of that thing, or to have that quality to a very large degree.
  例句
  She seemed to personify goodness and nobility... 她宛如善良和高贵的化身。 ...the world of inter-war decency as personified by Stanley Baldwin... 在斯坦利·鲍德温身上所体现的两次大战间体面正派的人生

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  将(某事物)人格化、拟人化
  We often personify the sun and the moon, calling the sun “he” and the moon “she”. 我们经常用“他”来称呼太阳, 用“她”来称呼月亮, 使他们人格化。
  以人的形象表现(思想、品质等);象征
  Artists personify beauty in their works. 艺术家在作品中表现美。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. invest with or as with a body; give body to
  2. represent, as of a character on stage;
  "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
  3. attribute human qualities to something;
  "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"