incarnate
incarnate 英 [ɪnˈkɑ:nət] 美 [ɪnˈkɑrnət]
adj. 化身的；人体化的；肉色的 vt. 体现；使…具体化；使实体化
进行时:incarnating 过去式:incarnated 过去分词:incarnated 第三人称单数:incarnates
- Incarnate means “having a bodily form.” If you encounter someone who pulls off butterflies’ wings for fun, you might describe that person as “evil incarnate.”
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- adj. 化身的；人体化的；肉色的
- vt. 体现；使…具体化；使实体化
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1. Do you believe that Jesus is God incarnate, God in the flesh?
你相信耶稣是上帝的化身，上帝的肉体吗？
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2. The leader seemed the devil incarnate.
那个首领犹如魔鬼的化身。
- incarnate (adj.) late 14c., "embodied in flesh, in human or bodily form" (of souls, spirits, etc.), from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," a frequent word among early Christian writers, past-participle adjective from Latin incarnare "to make flesh" (see incarnation). Of qualities or abstractions, 1530s.
- incarnate (v.) "clothe or embody in flesh," 1530s, a back-formation from incarnation, or else from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," past participle of incarnare "to make flesh; be made flesh." Meaning "make or form flesh" (as in healing a wound) is from 1670s. Related: Incarnated; incarnating.
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