imposture

GRE

英 [ɪm'pɒstʃə] 美[ɪm'pɑstʃɚ]

释义

n. 欺诈，欺骗；冒牌

近义词

助记提示

1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + post- + -ure.
2. 字面含义：put upon, place upon, a laying on.
3. => sb put himself upon the position which belongs to another.
4. 也就是说某人将他自己放置在本来属于别人的位置上。
5. put something bad like deception on sb.
6. 或者说：以次充好，以假乱真，以假代真。=> 欺骗、欺诈。
7. put false on true, put false replace true.

中文词源

imposture 冒名行骗

im-,进入，使，-post,放置，词源同posture,compose. 引申词义放置，替代，冒名行骗。

英文词源

imposture (n.): "act of willfully deceiving others," 1530s, from Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, from impostus (see impost).

双语例句

1. Soiled by her imposture she remains silent.: 她背着冒名顶替者的黑锅却一直沉默。

2. What tithes and tricks but an imposition, all a confounded imposture ? - and I can prove it.: 有一件事情最让他觉得噩梦般骇人, 便是他从来闹不清楚,为什么要这般大张旗鼓地搞欺骗.

3. What are an imposition, all a confounded imposture? - and I can prove it.: 什么是宗教税,什么是宗教礼节, 都是骗人的,乱七八糟的事,我并且可以证实.

英英释意

1. pretending to be another person

实用场景例句

Soiled by her imposture she remains silent.: 她背着冒名顶替者的黑锅却一直沉默。

What are an imposition, all a confounded imposture? - and I can prove it.: 什么是宗教税,什么是宗教礼节, 都是骗人的,乱七八糟的事,我并且可以证实.