英语词汇“personify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

personify

/pəˈsɒnɪfʌɪ

verb (personifies, personifying, personified) [with object]

1Represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form: public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified...

In many ways it was simply another reflection of the very human tendency to personify the forces of evil.
Her long, thick hair, which is rendered with rubbed graphite, expands as it falls like water to the image's edge; she might almost be personifying a natural force.
Because prejudice is not personified I believe that it was not to be the object of Jane Austen's sharper criticism.

1.1Attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something non-human): in the poem the oak trees are personified...

Ultimately, his point - or question, rather - is serious and clear: why must non-humans be personified in order for us to care?
I mean, sure, there are plenty of books where the characters are animals, but they're personified animals.
The trucks seem to personify the pent-up rage that's come to characterise car culture.

Synonyms

humanize, anthropomorphize, personalize

1.2Represent or embody (a quality, concept, etc.) in a physical form: the car personified motoring fun for two decades...

These heroes have served culturally and historically to personify and embody Manifest Destiny, the best of America's imaginary frontier in the flesh.
He personifies superficiality and embodies the fact that they have nothing more to say politically.
To Kathleen and the children he was kindness personified and was always there to lend a helping hand when anyone was in trouble.

Synonyms

epitomize, embody, be the embodiment/incarnation of, typify, exemplify, represent, symbolize, stand for, give human form/shape to, body forth, incarnate, be representative of, encapsulate, manifest

rare image

Derivatives

personifier

noun ...

Japan's life-sized pop idols are produced and marketed as personifiers of a typical ‘girl or boy next door.’

Origin

Early 18th century: from French personnifier, from personne 'person'.

单词	personify
释义	personify /pəˈsɒnɪfʌɪ / verb (personifies, personifying, personified) [with object] 1Represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form: public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified... In many ways it was simply another reflection of the very human tendency to personify the forces of evil. Her long, thick hair, which is rendered with rubbed graphite, expands as it falls like water to the image's edge; she might almost be personifying a natural force. Because prejudice is not personified I believe that it was not to be the object of Jane Austen's sharper criticism. 1.1Attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something non-human): in the poem the oak trees are personified... Ultimately, his point - or question, rather - is serious and clear: why must non-humans be personified in order for us to care? I mean, sure, there are plenty of books where the characters are animals, but they're personified animals. The trucks seem to personify the pent-up rage that's come to characterise car culture. Synonyms humanize, anthropomorphize, personalize 1.2Represent or embody (a quality, concept, etc.) in a physical form: the car personified motoring fun for two decades... These heroes have served culturally and historically to personify and embody Manifest Destiny, the best of America's imaginary frontier in the flesh. He personifies superficiality and embodies the fact that they have nothing more to say politically. To Kathleen and the children he was kindness personified and was always there to lend a helping hand when anyone was in trouble. Synonyms epitomize, embody, be the embodiment/incarnation of, typify, exemplify, represent, symbolize, stand for, give human form/shape to, body forth, incarnate, be representative of, encapsulate, manifest rare image Derivatives personifier noun ... Japan's life-sized pop idols are produced and marketed as personifiers of a typical ‘girl or boy next door.’ Origin Early 18th century: from French personnifier, from personne 'person'.
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