化身: incarnation, reincarnation, embodiment (of abstract idea), personification...
做法: way of handling sth, method for making, work method, recipe, practice...
罪犯: criminal...
无效: not valid, ineffective, in vain...
防御: defense, to defend...
充当: to serve as, to act as, to play the role of...
喜事: happy occasion, wedding...
工作日: workday, working day, weekday...
下属: subordinate, underling...
桶: bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc)...