Personify
[pə'sɒnɪfaɪ] or [pɚ'sɑnɪfaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) attribute human qualities to something; 'The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous'.
校對:维托--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
(v. t.) To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
錄入:雷内
解釋/意思:
v.t. (rhet.) to treat look on or describe as a person: to ascribe to any inanimate object the qualities of a person: to be the embodiment of:—pa.t. and pa.p. person′ifīed.—n. Personificā′tion.
哈里特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Now that we know the nature of justice and injustice, let us make an image of the soul, which will personify his words. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- D?dalus (= cunning artificer) was a sort of personified summary of mechanical skill. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Because rationality itself is a wilful exercise one hears Hymns to Reason and sees it personified as an extremely dignified goddess. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- In our modern languages they are named after the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, which from the remotest times were personified and worshiped. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- But if that will is so weak and timid that a great evil like child labor persists to our shame we turn the responsibility over to the devil personified as a special interest. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
整理:利亚