incarnation
n. 化身；道成肉身；典型
复数 incarnations
例句
The regime was the very incarnation of evil.
该政权正是邪恶的典型。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
He believed he had been a prince in a previous incarnation.
他相信他的前生是个王子。
《牛津词典》
They do, however, still breathe air, having never developed anything equivalent to the gills of their earlier marine incarnation.
然而，他们虽然仍呼吸着空气，却从未进化出类似于腮这种早期海洋生物的器官。
