incarnation
英 [ɪnkɑː'neɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,ɪnkɑr'neʃən]
助記提示
1. in- "in" + carn- + -ation.
2. => make flesh, act of being made flesh.
3. => embodiment of God in the person of Christ.
中文詞源
incarnation 化身來自incarnate,肉體化，具體化。其原義為化身為凡人耶穌的上帝，後詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- incarnation (n.)
- c. 1300, "embodiment of God in the person of Christ," from Old French incarnacion (12c.), from Late Latin incarnationem (nominative incarnatio), "act of being made flesh" (used by Church writers especially of God in Christ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin incarnare "to make flesh," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage). Glossed in Old English as inflæscnes, inlichomung.
雙語例句
- 1. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
- 她是魅力的完美化身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The regime was the very incarnation of evil.
- 該政權正是罪惡的化身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
- 那個守財奴是貪婪的化身.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- 那位主要舞蹈演員簡直是美的化身.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
- 他的勤奮與堅持表明他前世是隻螞蟻。
來自柯林斯例句