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incarnation

noun
🔊/ˌɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn/
🔊/ˌɪnkɑːrˈneɪʃn/
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  1. [countable] a period of life in a particular form（某一段时间内的）化身
    • one of the incarnations of Vishnu守护神毗湿奴的化身之一
    • He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.他相信他的前生是个王子。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) I worked for her in her earlier incarnation (= her previous job) as a lawyer.她先前当律师时我曾受雇于她。🔊🔊
    • her previous incarnation as a Norse explorer她之前作为挪威探险家的时期
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • current
    • latest
    • modern
    • …
    preposition
    • incarnation as
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  2. [countable] a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form代表某种品质的人；化身 synonym embodiment
    • the incarnation of evil邪恶的化身
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • current
    • latest
    • modern
    • …
    preposition
    • incarnation as
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  3. [singular, uncountable]
    (also the Incarnation)
    (in Christianity基督教) the act of God coming to earth in human form as Jesus道成肉身（上帝化身为耶稣来到人间）
    4. Word OriginMiddle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.