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单词 personify
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personify
verb[T]
uk
/pəˈsɒn.ɪ.faɪ/us
/pɚˈsɑː.nə.faɪ/
to be aperfectexampleof something:
是…的化身（或典型）；象征
Theseloutspersonify all that iswrongwithoursocietytoday.从这些粗鲁的家伙身上可以看到我们当今社会的一切歪风邪气。
literaturespecialized
totreatsomething as if it were in theformof ahumanbeing:
把…拟人化（或人格化）
InGreekmyth,loveis personified by thegoddessAphrodite.在希腊神话中，女神阿佛洛狄忒象征爱情。
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personified
(Definition ofpersonifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

personify| American Dictionary

personify
verb[T]
us
/pərˈsɑn·əˌfɑɪ/
to be apersonwho is aperfectexampleof a thing orquality:
Thesenatorpersonifies Washington, DC, to manypeople.
If aparticularqualityorideais personified, it isrepresentedin theformof aperson:
InGreekmyth,loveis personified by thegoddessAphrodite.
(Definition ofpersonifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersonify

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The faculty of vision was represented in a visible emblem of a figure from myth who personified a conceptual image.
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I personified that very star, tumbling and sizzling with bits of my being spread out over the green foliage.
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Men have often personified language as a woman.
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They are cartoon-like versions of the animal: personified, embellished and layered with cultural symbolism.
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In emblem books, abstract concepts are personified by a person, typically a woman, whose costume and attributes are explained in an accompanying text.
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I argue that, once language use is personified in this way, the value of language is naturalized in the attributes of persons.
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Figures personifying ecclesia usually include a building or other architectural detail in the setting.
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After all, personified abstractions are "never quite human"; they often represent subordinate quantities contained in the human mind.
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The semantic implications of the term are made explicit by personifying narratives, some of which are apparently quite routinized.
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Instead, they relied on age-old strategies either by prescribing safety rules and protocols or by personifying specific risks through stories or scenarios.
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She personified the sun's heat and was also a protector of the dead.
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They become who they are by becoming personified in the eyes of those around them.
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Perhaps most important, he personified the passion for archaeology as a way of knowing, not just a recovery technique.
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In one sense, he is accused of a night-time burglary ; he thus personifies the apocalyptic image, ' ' coming like a thief in the night.
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Older people's heroines personified interdependence, and offered exemplars that encapsulated their own values, aspirations and expectations for later life.
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