| 单词 | incarnate |
| 释义 | incarnate Word forms: incarnates , incarnating , incarnated pronunciation note: The adjective is pronounced (ɪnkɑːʳnət ). The verb is pronounced (ɪnkɑːʳneɪt ). 1. adjective [noun ADJECTIVE] If you say that someone is a quality incarnate, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. She is evil incarnate. He is cynicism incarnate. 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, noun ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE noun] You use incarnate to say that something, especially a god or spirit, is represented in human form. Why should God become incarnate as a male? The pharaoh is Osiris, the moon bull incarnate. Synonyms: made flesh, in the flesh, in human form, in bodily form 3. verb If you say that a quality is incarnated in a person, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. The iniquities of the regime are incarnated in one man. [be VERB-ed + in] ...a writer who incarnates the changing consciousness of the Americas. [VERB noun] 4. verb [usually passive] If you say that someone or something is incarnated in a particular form, you mean that they appear on Earth in that form. The god Vishnu was incarnated on Earth as a king. [be VERB-ed preposition] |
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