英语词汇“personify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To personify is to give something lifeless human-like qualities — like when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me..."

You can also use the verb personify to show one person embodying another, like an actor attempting to personify Abraham Lincoln in a play about the former president. A person can also personify a value or emotion, as when the founder of a charitable organization is said to personify generosity and selflessness. When you add the suffix -ify (meaning "to make") to a noun, you "verbify" that noun. So personify means "to make into a person."

WORD FAMILY

personify: personification, personified, personifies, personifying+/depersonalise: depersonalisation, depersonalising/depersonalize: depersonalization, depersonalized, depersonalizing/impersonal: impersonally/interpersonal: interpersonally/nonperson: nonpersons/person: foreperson, nonperson, personable, personal, personhood, personify, persons, unperson/personable: personableness, personabler, personably/personal: impersonal, interpersonal, nonpersonal, personalise, personality, personalize, personally, personals/personalise: depersonalise, personalised, personalising/personality: personalities/personalize: depersonalize, personalized, personalizes, personalizing/personification: personifications/unperson: unpersons

USAGE EXAMPLES

"She epitomized and personified Hollywood glamour," Father Edward Benioff said.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016)

He wrote about that first time and personified the drug: She brought peace to him, a divine kind of peace that he found nowhere else.

Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016)

“That was much more the death that I wanted to personify.”

Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016)

1v attribute human qualities to something

Syn|Hyper

personate

ascribe, assign, attribute, impute

attribute or credit to

2v invest with or as with a body; give body to

Syn|Hyper

body

be, embody

represent, as of a character on stage

3v represent, as of a character on stage

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

be, embody

body

invest with or as with a body; give body to

exemplify, represent

be characteristic of

represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify

express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

单词	personify
释义	personify (once / 1395 pages) v To personify is to give something lifeless human-like qualities — like when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me..." You can also use the verb personify to show one person embodying another, like an actor attempting to personify Abraham Lincoln in a play about the former president. A person can also personify a value or emotion, as when the founder of a charitable organization is said to personify generosity and selflessness. When you add the suffix -ify (meaning "to make") to a noun, you "verbify" that noun. So personify means "to make into a person." WORD FAMILY personify: personification, personified, personifies, personifying+/depersonalise: depersonalisation, depersonalising/depersonalize: depersonalization, depersonalized, depersonalizing/impersonal: impersonally/interpersonal: interpersonally/nonperson: nonpersons/person: foreperson, nonperson, personable, personal, personhood, personify, persons, unperson/personable: personableness, personabler, personably/personal: impersonal, interpersonal, nonpersonal, personalise, personality, personalize, personally, personals/personalise: depersonalise, personalised, personalising/personality: personalities/personalize: depersonalize, personalized, personalizes, personalizing/personification: personifications/unperson: unpersons USAGE EXAMPLES "She epitomized and personified Hollywood glamour," Father Edward Benioff said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He wrote about that first time and personified the drug: She brought peace to him, a divine kind of peace that he found nowhere else. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) “That was much more the death that I wanted to personify.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1v attribute human qualities to something Syn\|Hyper personate ascribe, assign, attribute, impute attribute or credit to 2v invest with or as with a body; give body to Syn\|Hyper body be, embody represent, as of a character on stage 3v represent, as of a character on stage Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper be, embody body invest with or as with a body; give body to exemplify, represent be characteristic of represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
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