personification
personification
noun
noun
- [mass noun]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
■[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。
■[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.
他就是英国精神和外交的象征。
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