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单词 incarnation
释义
incarnation
(ɪnkɑːʳnʃən )
Word forms: incarnations
1. countable noun
If you say that someone is the incarnation of a particular quality, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form.
The regime was the very incarnation of evil. [+ of]
She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.
Synonyms: embodiment, manifestation, epitome, type  
2. countable noun
An incarnation is an instance of being alive on Earth in a particular form. Some religions believe that people have several incarnations in different forms.
She began recalling a series of previous incarnations.
His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.
Collocations:
latest incarnation
But its latest incarnation still has some way to go before it matches the hysteria triggered by its predecessor.
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Fast forward to the latest incarnation of the hero and it's a different story.
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The latest incarnation differs from the classic version mainly in length and cut.
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But news of its latest incarnation has not pleased everybody.
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In its latest incarnation, about 80 per cent of its 6 million turnover comes from overseas.
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modern incarnation
Entirely full-on, there weren't enough moments of calm, yet that didn't detract much from what was a thrillingly modern incarnation of jazz.
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As you might expect, the paper's tone was more serious than its modern incarnation.
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In its modern incarnation it has four schools, focusing on business and entrepreneurship; agriculture, food and the environment; equine management; and real estate and land management.
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The modern incarnation of its historic farmers market, opened in 2004.
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Initially only airing a single game weekly, the modern incarnation airs a weekly double-header, with game times normally at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m.
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original incarnation
It's as annoying as the original incarnation, although thankfully not as revolting.
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The funky interior has also been gently restyled, but it remains true to the original incarnation of the little car.
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In its original incarnation, the hippie look was genuinely radical, a rejection not only of girdles, tailoring and twinsets, but also of the values they represented.
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The ska band have not shared a stage in their original incarnation since 1981.
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However, the character was somewhat different in this original incarnation.
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present incarnation
But while third-party ownership, in its present incarnation, allows them to compete (at times), it also creates colossal opportunities for conflicts of interest and fraud.
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Has he any of those fallibili-ties in his present incarnation?
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What of the house's present incarnation?
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It continues in its present incarnation.
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Its present incarnation was founded in 2004.
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previous incarnation
In its previous incarnation the whole place felt a bit too much like a siding where outmoded old vehicles could be shunted.
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They're miles more flattering than their previous incarnation.
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Each record was more successful than the last, every transformation was more fully realised than his previous incarnation.
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I fully expected him to have returned to his previous incarnation, risk-adverse, plodding, earnest to a fault.
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The trust now has 7,000 investors and will carry over 140 million of the 220 million invested in its previous incarnation.
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various incarnations
Several have been fixtures in the band's set for more than two years, albeit in various incarnations.
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His career continued for more than 50 years in various incarnations and guises as he proved himself to be the master of reinvention.
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This band continued in various incarnations into the 1990s.
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In various incarnations they have been finalists in international a cappella competitions.
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In various incarnations they have been in fashion ever since.
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Translations:
Chinese: 典型
Japanese: 具体化した姿
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