/ɪnˈkɑːnət/
often postpositive
1- (especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in flesh; in human form(尤指神、妖)被赋予肉体的, 具人形的:
God incarnate
具人形的上帝
he chose to be incarnate as a man.
他选择被赋予男人形状。
1.1
- postpositive represented in the ultimate or most extreme form以极端形式体现的:
here is capitalism incarnate.
这是一种典型的资本主义。
/ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/
with obj.
1- embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form赋予(神, 妖)以人形:
the idea that God incarnates himself in man.
上帝自赋人形说。
1.1
- put (an idea or other abstract concept) into concrete form使(观点等抽象概念)具体化, 体现:
a desire to make things which will incarnate their personality.
创造能体现他们个性的事物的愿望。
1.2
- (of a person) be the living embodiment of (a quality)(人)体现(某种品质):
the man who incarnates the suffering which has affected every single Mozambican.
体现了每个莫桑比克人所承受苦难的人。
词源
late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- 'made flesh', from the verb incarnare, from in- 'into' + caro, carn- 'flesh'.