incarnate TEM8 ( incarnating, incarnated, incarnates )

• 1. 

  ADJ If you say that someone is a quality incarnate, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 化身的; 极典型的 [n ADJ]

  例：

  She is evil incarnate.

  她是邪恶的化身。

• 2. 

  ADJ You use incarnate to say that something, especially a god or spirit, is represented in human form. (神或灵)人格化; 显形的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Why should God become incarnate as a male?

  为什么上帝显身为男性呢？

• 3. 

  V-T If you say that a quality is incarnated in a person, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. 表现; 最典型体现

  例：

  The iniquities of the regime are incarnated in one man.

  该体制的种种劣迹集中体现于一人。

  例：

  ...a writer who incarnates the changing consciousness of the Americas.

  ...典型地体现出美洲观念变化的一位作家。

• 4. 

  V-T If you say that someone or something is incarnated in a particular form, you mean that they appear on earth in that form. 化身为; 显形为 [usu passive]

  例：

  The god Vishnu was incarnated on earth as a king.

  毗瑟挐神在地上化身为一位国王。