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Avatar, incarnation    化身

reincarnation    輪迴轉世

最近James Camron大導，又準備上映一部鉅片AVATAR（中文翻做阿凡達，可以了解片名翻譯的詞窮，因為這個英文字的確很特別）。Avatar是印度神話（Hindu Mythology）中，神明到凡間的化身的意思（可以是人形也可以是任何形體）the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form。所以就順道提了incarnation這個字，其實和avatar一樣是化身的意思，神的化身 the incarnation of a god。

而提到incarnation，就一併提到reincarnation，其實也很好記憶，re有重新重覆的字義，所以重新化身一遍，那就是輪迴轉世囉！

今天的單字是不是很有故事性也很好記憶呢？

Example: Have you ever thought about your incarnation if you were a god? I haven't, but I believe in reincarnation. I hope I could be my mother's son again. Anyway, let's book the ticket of AVATAR on the internet, I can't wait to see that movie.

BoWei