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personification的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [pəˌsɔnəfiˈkeiʃən]
KK音标发音： [pɚˌsɑnəfɪˈkeʃən]

personification的词性：
n.（名词）

1. The act of personifying.
拟人化，人格化：拟人化的行为

2. A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification:
化身，象征：象征某种特性或思想的人或事；化身或典范：

“He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative”(Ralph Ellison)
“他是隐蔽的，一个持否定观点的活化身”(拉尔夫·埃利森)

3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia
拟人，人格化：给无生命的东西或者抽象的东西赋予人的个性或绘以人的形象，如在句子饥饿站在路上颤抖 或 花儿在草地上翩翩起舞 也作 prosopopeia

4. Artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person.
拟人化表现：把抽象事物或思想赋予人性的艺术表现手法