🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

体现

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tǐxiàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Embody/ɪmˈbɒd.i/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项法律体现了公正的原则。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to an idea, quality, or feeling.

    "She tried to embody the core values of the organization in her daily work."
  2. 2

    To include or contain something as an integral part.

    "The new constitution embodies principles of human rights and equality."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Middle English word 'embodyen', formed by combining the prefix 'em-' (variant of en-, meaning 'in' or 'into') with 'body'. Historically, it evolved from expressing the action of giving a body or tangible form to an immaterial spirit or idea, gradually broadening to mean representing or typifying a quality or concept.

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