incarnation

incarnation
noun
  1. a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality
    (神、妖、抽象性质的)化身(或体现者)
    Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth.
    罗摩是毗湿奴在人世间的化身。
    ■(the Incarnation)(in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ
    (基督教神学)道成肉身,耶稣基督(上帝之子的人形化身)
  2. (with reference to reincarnation) one of a series of lifetimes which a person spends on earth
    (有关轮回)一世,一辈子
    in my next incarnation, I'd like to be the Minister Of Fun.
    下辈子我想做娱乐部长。
    ■the form in which a person spends such a lifetime
    人生在世,人世
语源
  1. Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare (see incarnate)
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