| 词汇 | impersonate |
| 释义 | impersonate verb[ T ] uk /ɪmˈpɜː.sən.eɪt/ us /ɪmˈpɝː.sən.eɪt/ to intentionally copy another person's characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh: （尤指为逗人发笑）扮演，模仿 She's the woman who impersonates all the celebrities on TV.她是在电视中扮演各种名人的那个人。 to attempt to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: 假冒，冒充 He was fined for impersonating a police officer.他因假冒警察而被罚款。 to act as if something is true when it is not pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise. make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce. play at somethingUK The children are playing at cops and robbers. role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping. fakeShe's only faking being ill. feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance. Copying and copies anti-counterfeiting anti-piracy ape biomimicry blueprint emulatively emulous emulously faux forge mimetic photocopiable photocopy photostat photostatic piracy transcript virtualization warmed-over Xerox You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fraud & corruption Cheating & tricking Related wordimpersonation impersonate | American Dictionaryimpersonate verb[ T ] us/ɪmˈpɜr·səˌneɪt/ to intentionally copy another person’s speech, appearance, or behavior: to impersonate a movie star He was charged with impersonating a police officer. Examples of impersonateimpersonate Apparently it is proposed to introduce a new criminal offence of impersonating a barrister. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they decide they want to impose a low fine in such cases where someone has impersonated an inspector, that is a matter for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In eight of these incidents forms were stolen from enumerators or collected by people impersonating enumerators. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have known cases of men of this type impersonating police officers in order to get information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 22(2) deals with a person who impersonates a fire inspector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recall someone in my constituency being sentenced to six months in prison a few years ago for impersonating a voter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard many stories about people who have impersonated others and voted five or six times, so there has always been fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The penalty for impersonating a police officer is severe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Personation can in general be detected only if the person being impersonated turns up to vote. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard the myth of the 20,000 impersonated votes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In relation to the dangers of imposters, it occurred to me to wonder whether an offence would be committed if an authorised officer were impersonated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish to prevent a person impersonating the accountant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we really want is a jury to consider the case and decide that if the defendant impersonated another person, obviously there would be no consent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, she had been impersonated by a drug addict who had used her name while the patient had been out of the country for three years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fully understand that the enforcement would be void, but would the person impersonating a parking attendant by wearing a uniform he guilty of an offence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of impersonate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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