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personify/pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ ||; pɚˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/verb [t] (present participle personifying third person singular present personifies;past tense past participle personified) 1. to be an example in human form of a particular quality 为…的化身: ◇she is kindness personified. 她是仁慈的化身。 2. to describe an object or a feeling as if it were a person, for example in a poem （如在诗歌里）把…人格化或拟人化 ➔personification /pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn ||; pɚˌsɑnəfəˈkeʃən/ noun [c,u]personifysee ⇨ typical 3 per·son·i·fy /pə`sɑnəˏfaɪ; pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ/v [t] 1. someone who personifies a quality is a typical example of it 是…的化身［典型］:◇he is laziness personified! 他这人是懒惰的化身！ 2. to describe or represent something as a person 把…人格化［拟人化］:◇time is often personified as an old man with a beard. 时间常被拟人化为一个长胡子的老人。 |