Word · Frequency #34697
Fully loadedimpostor
冒名顶替者
a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others
常指冒充他人身份以获取信任或利益的人
- 1.
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
以假名或假身份行骗的人
- 2.
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
作出欺骗性伪装的人
- 3.
A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
融入三维场景、看似三维世界一部分的精灵或动画
- 4.
A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.
以不寻常的语法人称被指称的术语
以假名或假身份行骗的人；作出欺骗性伪装的人；融入三维场景、看似三维世界一部分的精灵或动画；以不寻常的语法人称被指称的术语；骗子
In use
The security guard quickly realized the man in a lab coat was an impostor.
She was so convincing that no one suspected she was an impostor until her accent slipped.
The impostors had stolen the identities of several real professors to attend the conference.
a/an + impostor
不定冠词用于泛指。
He was exposed as an impostor.
他被揭露是一个冒名顶替者。
the + impostor
定冠词用于特指已知的冒名顶替者。
The impostor pretended to be a doctor.
那个冒名顶替者假装成医生。
impostor among + 群体
表示在某个群体中存在的冒名顶替者。
Connections
Collocations
- impostor syndrome
- 冒充者综合征（总觉得自己不配成功）
- Many successful people secretly struggle with impostor syndrome.许多成功人士私下里都在与冒充者综合征作斗争。
- feel like an impostor
- 觉得自己像个冒名顶替者（产生名不副实的感觉）
- She felt like an impostor when she gave the keynote speech.她发表主旨演讲时，觉得自己像个冒名顶替者。
- expose an impostor
- 揭露冒名顶替者
- The journalist exposed the impostor with hard evidence.记者用确凿证据揭露了那个冒名顶替者。
- spot an impostor
- 认出冒名顶替者
- The guard spotted the impostor by his shoes.保安凭鞋子认出了那个冒名顶替者。
Idioms & figurative uses
- impostor syndrome
- 冒充者综合征（指总觉得自己的成就不配得到、随时会被揭穿为骗子的心理现象）Even after getting the job, she still struggles with impostor syndrome and worries that her coworkers will see through her.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：impostor 里的 post 是“职位”，or 是“人”，所以冒名顶替者就是顶替别人职位的人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、小说或影视评论、职场心理讨论 该词通常用于正式或中性书面语境，日常单独口语中不如 “fake” 自然；多出现在 “impostor syndrome”（冒充者综合征）等固定说法中。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指冒名顶替的人
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes: foster /ˈfɔstɚ/ and roster /ˈrɔstɚ/ share the stressed /ɔstɚ/ ending. Lookalikes that sound different: post /poʊst/ and poster /ˈpoʊstɚ/ use /oʊ/, not /ɔ/; monster /ˈmɑːnstɚ/ ends in /stɚ/ but has an extra /n/ before it, so it does not rhyme; cost /kɔst/ shares the spelled 'ost' and vowel but lacks the final /r/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.