impersonate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive. transitive
    — The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
  2. To operate with the permissions of a different user account. transitive
  3. To manifest in corporeal form; to personify. obsolete,transitive
    — The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.

词形变化

impersonates present,singular,third-person impersonating participle,present impersonated participle,past impersonated past

词汇关系

衍生词
impersonation impersonator unimpersonated

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
Latin persōna
Anglo-Norman persouneder.
Middle English persoun
English person
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English impersonate
From im- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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