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 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。
• 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。
• And we tend to think of the president as the personification of the nation he leads.
  而且我们趋向于认为总统是国家的代表。
• 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。
• The personification of natural forces.
  自然力的拟人化。
• Simile and metaphor, personification, pun, parody and the rhyme and so on, is in advertising use frequency is highest several rhetoric method.
  比喻、拟人、双关、仿拟、押韵等，是在广告中使用频率最高的几种修辞方法。
• 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。
• He is the personification of honesty.
  他是诚实的化身。
• Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap is the national personification of the French Republic, and a symbol of Liberty.
  头戴弗里季亚帽的玛丽娅娜是法兰西共和国的人格化，自由的象征。
• 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。