personify
v
(pt, pp -fied) [Tn]
1
(a) treat (sth) as if it were a human being 將(某事物)人格化、 擬人化
The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry. 詩歌中常把日、 月擬人化.
(b) represent (an idea, a quality, etc) in human form; symbolize 以人的形象表現(xiàn)(思想、 品質(zhì)等); 象徵
Justice is often personified as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of scales. 常把蒙著眼睛手持天平的女人當(dāng)作正義的象徵.
2 be an example in human form of a quality or characteristic, esp one possessed to an extreme degree 為某品質(zhì)或特點(diǎn)的化身(尤指極典型的)
He personifies the worship of money. 他是拜金的化身.
He is kindness personified. 他是善良的化身.
tonen. [語]聲調(diào),語調(diào);[畫]色調(diào),色澤,明暗;[樂]樂音,全音,全音程;[醫(yī)](正常的)健康狀態(tài);
vt. 使更健壯;定調(diào);使變調(diào)子;[攝影術(shù)]給…上色;
vi. 帶有某種腔調(diào);呈現(xiàn)某種色彩;(顏色)調(diào)和(與 with 連用);