If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality.
例句
Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer...賈尼斯·喬普林是20世紀(jì)60年代搖滾女歌手的代表。He was usually the personification of kindness.他通常都很和善。
N-VAR
擬人化;象征
A personification of something abstract is its representation in the form of a person.
例句
...personifications of the attributes of Justice, Prudence and Truth.正義、審慎和真理的化身
英漢詞典釋義
n.
人格化;擬人化;象征;化身
Santa Claus is the personification of Christmas.圣誕老人是圣誕節(jié)的象征。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a person who represents an abstract quality;
"she is the personification of optimism"
2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
3. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.