incarnation

noun

1. （某一段时间内的）化身
   a period of life in a particular form
   1. one of the incarnations of Vishnu
      守护神毗湿奴的化身之一
   2. He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.
      他相信他的前生是个王子。
   3. I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.
      她先前当律师时我曾在她那里上班。
2. 代表某种品质的人；化身
   a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form
   1. the incarnation of evil
      邪恶的化身
3. 道成肉身（上帝化身为耶稣来到人间）
   the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus

1. N-COUNT (某种品质的)典型体现，化身
   If you say that someone is the incarnation of a particular quality, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form.
   1. The regime was the very incarnation of evil...
      该政权正是罪恶的化身。
   2. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
      她是魅力的完美化身。
2. N-COUNT (在世间的)化身，前身
   An incarnation is an instance of being alive on earth in a particular form. Some religions believe that people have several incarnations in different forms.
   1. She began recalling a series of previous incarnations...
      她开始回忆起前世的种种情形。
   2. His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
      他的勤奋与坚持表明他前世是只蚂蚁。

1. The regime was the very incarnation of evil
   该政权正是罪恶的化身。
2. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
   她是魅力的完美化身。
3. She began recalling a series of previous incarnations
   她开始回忆起前世的种种情形。
4. His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
   他的勤奋与坚持表明他前世是只蚂蚁。
5. This will actually be the third incarnation of Harris 'Red Dragon novel.
   这实际上是哈里斯《红龙》小说的第三个化身。
6. In this incarnation of the fairy tale, the dwarves live inside a tree.
   在这部典型的童话故事中，小矮人住在树里面。
7. Hotel Marketing recently released a story about the profile of the current incarnation of the "plugged-in" traveler.
   饭店营销最近发布了一份旅行的故事，关于“专页，在当前的化身的”堵塞。
8. According to metaphysical tradition, the Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and left Earthly incarnation under the Full Moon of Taurus.
   依照形而上学的传统，佛陀诞生了，获得了启迪，在满月的金牛座下离开了现世的化身。
9. I am an immaterial impalpable incarnation.
   我是一个非物质的无形化身。
10. The incarnation of evil; the very avatar of cunning.
    邪恶的化身；诡诈的化身。
11. The Greeks saw these tribes as the incarnation of evil.
    希腊人把这些都落视为邪恶的化身。
12. We mention this only because we're just going to press with the latest incarnation of this this year.
    我们提及这只因为，今年我们继续研究它的新版本。
13. And it is a day permeated with the incarnation of glory, happiness and caressed by tears and memories.
    这是一个无比光荣和欢乐的日子，是一个由泪水洗涤并充满怀念的时刻。
14. Perhaps they were lovers in a previous incarnation.
    也许他们在前世是一对情人。
15. In its final incarnation," Insomniac "contains twelve songs in English and three in Spanish.
    最后面世的成品，“不眠症患者”包括了十二首英文歌和三首西班牙文歌。
16. What a pity of a lost incarnation in search of vain and frivolous things!
    在追寻虚荣与轻浮的事物中失去化身是很可惜的！
17. The Christ soul's last incarnation was as the humble carpenter from Galilee, Jesus of Nazareth.
    基督灵魂最后一次投生是作为加利利（勒斯坦北部一多山地区）卑微的木匠，拿撒勒的耶稣。
18. So I at once concluded that those birds were Geeta and her lover in a previous incarnation.
    于是，我马上得出了那两只鸟儿就是吉塔和她情人的上辈子的结论，愈发妒火中烧。
19. He is the incarnation of peace.
    他就是和平的化身。
20. If you look at the Christian doctrines such as the incarnation and trinity there clear signs of platonic thought there.
    如果你看一下诸如“转世“和“三位一体”，里面清晰地体现了柏拉图的思想。
21. She's the very incarnation of goodness.
    她是美德的化身。
22. Had another incarnation prior to this.
    在这之前有另外一个身份。
23. He is a legend, the very incarnation of compassion.
    他是个传奇性人物，是慈悲的化身。
24. She is the incarnation of everything I hate about politics.
    她是我痛恨的一切政客作风的化身。
25. That the human nature of Christ, and not only His divine nature, existed before the Incarnation.
    不只基督的神性，就连他的人性，在道成肉身前就已存在。
26. The course of the incarnation is synchronous with the course when you are in the body.
    这世的过程与你在体的进程是同步的。
27. You may be fated to have a very influential incarnation.
    或许你命中注定会是个非常有影响力的化身。
28. This film is the latest incarnation of a fairy tale that dates back to the middle ages.
    这部影片是始于中世纪的一个神话故事的最新体现。
29. Candace: In my last incarnation, I was a Jew, female, in Germany.
    我的上次化身是一个犹太人，女性，在德国。
30. I feel as if they had been my friends in a former incarnation.
    我感觉到他们的前世是我的朋友。

noun

1. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

   Synonym:    personification

2. a new personification of a familiar idea
   1. the embodiment of hope
   2. the incarnation of evil
   3. the very avatar of cunning

   Synonym:    embodimentavatar

3. time passed in a particular bodily form
   1. he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation