embody

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈbɒdi/    美 /ɪmˈbɑdi/|[ɪmˈbɑɾi]|/ɪmˈbɔdi/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. transitive
    — As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
  2. To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws. transitive
    — The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
  3. To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of. transitive
    — A shunting locomotive embodying an unusual form of power transmission has been developed for the National Coal Board.
  4. To unite in a body or mass. intransitive
    — Nay, my good friend—the people will remain / Embodied peaceably, till Parliament / Confirm the royal charter: tell your king so: / We will await the Charter's confirmation, / Meanwhile comporting ourselves orderly / As peaceful citizens, not risen in tumult, / But to redress their evils.

词形变化

embodies present,singular,third-person embodying participle,present embodied participle,past embodied past

词汇关系

近义词
actualize concretize effigiate materialize objectify realize reify thingify embrace encompass enfold integrate merge
衍生词
disembody embodiable embodiedness embodier embodiment emergy nonembodied reembody unembodied

词源

From Latin em- + body.
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