- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
- [countable]
a person who represents a particular quality, for example, in human form 代表某种品质的人；化身 the incarnation of evil 邪恶的化身
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- modern
- …
- incarnation as
- [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）
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’.