incarnation
noun /ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn/
/ˌɪnkɑːrˈneɪʃn/
- [countable] a period of life in a particular form
(某一段时间内的)化身 - one of the incarnations of Vishnu
守护神毗湿奴的化身之一 - He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.
他相信他的前生是个王子。 - (figurative) I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.
她先前当律师时我曾受雇于她。 - her previous incarnation as a Norse explorer
她之前作为挪威探险家的时期
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
- one of the incarnations of Vishnu
- [countable] a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form
synonym embodiment代表某种品质的人;化身 - the incarnation of evil
邪恶的化身
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
- the incarnation of evil
- [singular, uncountable] (also the Incarnation)(in Christianity
) the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus基督教 道成肉身(上帝化身为耶稣来到人间)
词源Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.