personification
의미: The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human; a person regarded as the perfect example of a quality.
Personification operates in two registers. In literary criticism, it is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to objects, animals, or abstract ideas ('the wind howled'). In everyday usage, it describes a person who so completely represents a quality that they seem to be its human form — she is the personification of elegance. Both senses are common in academic, literary, and media writing. Common collocations include 'the personification of,' 'a personification of evil,' and 'personification as a literary device.'
예문
- In the poem, Death is presented as a personification — a gentleman caller arriving in a carriage. 在这首诗中,死亡被描绘为一种拟人——一位乘马车而来的绅士访客。En el poema, la Muerte se presenta como una personificación: un caballero que llega en carruaje.その詩では、死が擬人化されて描かれている――馬車でやって来る紳士の訪問者として。그 시에서 죽음은 의인화되어 묘사된다 — 마차를 타고 찾아오는 신사 방문객으로서.
- With his impeccable manners and quiet authority, he was the personification of the English diplomat. 凭借无可挑剔的礼仪和沉稳的权威,他是英国外交官的完美化身。Con sus modales impecables y su serena autoridad, era la personificación del diplomático inglés.非の打ちどころのない礼儀作法と穏やかな威厳をもって、彼はイギリス外交官の擬人化そのものであった。흠잡을 데 없는 예절과 조용한 위엄을 갖춘 그는 영국 외교관의 의인화 그 자체였다.
- The villain of the piece is a crude personification of corporate greed and moral bankruptcy. 剧中的反派是企业贪婪和道德沦丧的粗糙拟人化形象。El villano de la obra es una burda personificación de la codicia empresarial y la bancarrota moral.作品中の悪役は、企業の貪欲と道徳的破綻を粗雑に擬人化した存在である。작품의 악역은 기업의 탐욕과 도덕적 파산을 거칠게 의인화한 존재이다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: academic, literary, media
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From Latin persona (person, mask) + facere (to make), via French personnification. The rhetorical device was identified in classical rhetoric and remains one of the most widely used figures of speech.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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