1N-COUNT (某种品质的)典型体现,化身 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. (某种品质的)典型体现,化身
The regime was the very incarnation of evil. [+ of]
2N-COUNT (在世间的)化身,前身 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. (在世间的)化身,前身
She began recalling a series of previous incarnations.
她开始回忆起前世的种种情形。
His industry and persistence suggest that he was an ant in a previous incarnation.