personate

vt. 扮演, 伪装, 假冒, 拟人化 a. 假装的, 伪态的, 假面状的

词形变化

personates 三单 personating 现在分词 personated 过去式 personated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.

    及物

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Dr. Olivant had, in fact, been faced with the alternative of personating a specialist who could be referred to at any time or of inventing a fictitious one who might be less convincing but who would be more elusive.

  2. 2.

    To portray a character (as in a play); to act.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

    及物
  5. 1.

    To celebrate loudly; to extol, to praise.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

pose impersonate personify

上位词 7

betray deceive assign attribute ascribe impute lead astray

下位词 1

masquerade

词源

From Latin persōnātus.

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