personification
/pɜːˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form人格化, 拟人化。
1.1
- count noun a figure intended to represent an abstract quality化身：
the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice.
那骑士由两个邪恶的女性化身陪伴。
1.2
- in sing. a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing化身, 象征：
he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy.
他就是英国勇气和外交的象征。