Impostor
[ɪm'pɒstə] or [ɪm'pɑstɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.
校對:梅勒妮
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Deceiver, pretender, cheat, rogue, trickster, tricker, knave, hypocrite, Pharisee, quack, charlatan, mountebank, double-dealer.
阿玛莉亚整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Cheat, deceiver, distemper, charlatan, knave
ANT:Detector, undeceiver, guide, enlightener
埃塞尔手打
解釋/意思:
n. one who practises imposition or fraud.—n. Impos′tūre.—adj. Impos′tūrous.
錄入:玛格利特
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
錄入:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- O, wretched impostor! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- In the name of Saint Bennet, the prince of these bull-beggars, said Front-de-Boeuf, have we a real monk this time, or another impostor? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In their eyes, it appears, I hold the position of an unprincipled impostor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was plain that he was a wicked impostor. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Pip, said Mr. Jaggers, laying his hand upon my arm, and smiling openly, this man must be the most cunning impostor in all London. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Search him, slaves--for an ye suffer a second impostor to be palmed upon you, I will have your eyes torn out, and hot coals put into the sockets. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I have every reason to believe, Sir, that you are harbouring in your house a gross impostor! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He is, ten to one, an impostor. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I had never been struck at so keenly, for my thanklessness to Joe, as through the brazen impostor Pumblechook. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He was an impostor in the most determined sense of the term. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Then she calls him vile impostor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I confess he frightened me--the mean impostor! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- That fearful Impostor, Pumblechook, immediately nodded, and said, as he rubbed the arms of his chair, It's more than that, Mum. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He knew that some of these specks even represented Christopher as capable of harbouring designs in 'that head,' and as being a crafty impostor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Surely, colonel, cried Lady Ingram, you would not encourage such a low impostor? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- We procured the services of a gentleman experienced in the nomenclature of the American bar, and moved upon the works of one of these impostors. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Why should you leave all the gains to the gluttons, knaves, and impostors? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- You're one of a lot of impostors that are the worst lot of all the lots to be met with. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
手打:莱曼