incarnate
英 [?n'kɑ?n?t]
美 [?n'kɑrn?t]
- adj. 化身的；人體化的；肉色的
- vt. 體現(xiàn)；使…具體化；使實(shí)體化
助記提示
1. in- "in" + carn- + -ate.
2. => make flesh.
中文詞源
incarnate 具體化，擬人化in-,進(jìn)入，使，-carn,肉，詞源同carnal,carnage.即肉體化，引申詞義具體化，擬人化。
英文詞源
- incarnate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," a common word among early Christian writers, past participle of Latin incarnare "to make flesh" (see incarnation).
- incarnate (v.)
- 1530s, a back-formation from incarnation, or else from Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare (see incarnation). Related: Incarnated; incarnating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He is cynicism incarnate.
- 他是憤世嫉俗的極端體現(xiàn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pharaoh is Osiris, the moon bull incarnate.
- 這位法老就是俄西里斯，豐產(chǎn)神的化身。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why should God become incarnate as a male?
- 為什么上帝以男性之身顯現(xiàn)呢？
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. The leader seemed the devil incarnate.
- 那個(gè)首領(lǐng)好像是魔鬼的化身。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. His strong left - wing views make him the devil incarnate to more extreme Conservatives.
- 他的 極左 觀點(diǎn)使得他在極端保守黨人眼中成了魔鬼的化身.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》