impostor

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※ 提供单词"impostor"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

impostor 冒名行骗者

词源同imposture,冒名行骗。

impostor: impostor: [16] An impostor is etymologically someone who ‘imposes’ on others. The word comes via French imposteur from late Latin impostor, a contraction of classical Latin impositor. This was a derivative of imponere ‘put on’, hence ‘inflict, deceive’ (a compound verb based on ponere ‘put, place’), which also gave English impose [15], impost ‘tax’ [16], and imposture [16]. It is the ‘deceive’ sense of imponere, of course, that has come through into impostor.
=> compose, depose, impose, position
impostor (n.): 1580s, from Middle French imposteur (16c.), from Late Latin impostor, agent noun from impostus, collateral form of impositus, past participle of imponere "place upon, impose upon, deceive," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + ponere "to put place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)).

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2. The beasts snarled at this impostor, and backed away, roaring.: 野兽们对着这个冒充的人咆哮起来, 怒吼着后退.

5. 'John Silver,'he said,'you're a prodigious villain and impostor - a monstrous impostor, sir.: “ 约翰-希尔弗, ” 他说, “ 你是个大坏蛋、大骗子 —— 是个十恶不赦的骗子, 先生.