| 单词 | embodiment |
| 释义 | embodiment (once / 1736 pages) n The embodiment of something gives concrete form to an abstract idea. A flag is the embodiment of a country. When you talk about embodiment, you're talking about giving a form to ideas that are usually not physical: like love, hate, fear, justice, etc. A gavel is the embodiment of justice; a wedding ring can be the embodiment of love. The word body in embodiment is a clue to its meaning: this is a word for giving a body to things that usually don't have one. WORD FAMILYembodiment: embodiments+/disembody: disembodied, disembodying/embodied: unembodied/embody: disembody, embodied, embodies, embodiment, embodying USAGE EXAMPLESBrooklyn rapper Conceited's pursed lips are the physical embodiment of "you thought." Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) She will always be the embodiment of everything a princess should be. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) His blackness isn’t just obvious, it’s aggressive; through Mr. Maaravi’s lens, he is the modern embodiment of generations of idealized black bodies. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life Syn|Hyper shape concrete representation, concretism a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms 2n giving concrete form to an abstract concept Hypo|Hyper soul the human embodiment of something incarnation, personificationthe act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. objectification the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing 3n a new personification of a familiar idea the embodiment of hope Syn|Hypo|Hyper avatar, incarnation deification an embodiment of the qualities of a god reincarnationembodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) personification a person who represents an abstract quality |
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