an imposture
His claim was an imposture.
他的说法是欺诈。
冒名行骗；欺诈；欺骗
冒充他人；冒名顶替；冒名顶替的行为；欺骗；欺诈。；冒充他人；冒牌
The act or practice of deceiving others by assuming a false character; fraud.
泛指以虚假身份进行的欺诈行为
冒名顶替的行为；欺骗；欺诈。
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
冒充他人
pretending to be another person
The journalist uncovered a decades-long imposture by the fake doctor.
记者揭露了那个假医生长达数十年的欺诈行为。
用法提示：imposture 作名词，指冒名顶替的欺诈行为。
His entire career was built on an imposture that fooled everyone.
他的整个职业生涯建立在一个欺骗了所有人的骗局之上。
用法提示：imposture 表示虚构身份或欺骗行为。
She felt betrayed after learning about her colleague's imposture.
在得知同事的冒牌行为后，她感到被背叛了。
用法提示：imposture 指冒充他人身份的欺诈行为。
His claim was an imposture.
他的说法是欺诈。
She exposed the imposture.
她揭露了骗局。
The imposture of a doctor was discovered.
冒充医生的事被发现了。
强调冒充他人身份的行径，与imposture最为接近。
范围更广，可指任何欺骗行为，不限于冒充身份。
最宽泛的术语，可涵盖各种欺骗手段。
常指精心设计的恶作剧式欺骗，语气较非正式。
强调虚假外表，可指事物或行为，不一定是冒充他人。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was caught as an imposture.
正确表达He was caught as an impostor.
用“imposture”表示“冒牌者”，但“imposture”是抽象名词，指欺诈行为或冒牌行为，而非指人。表示冒充他人的人应用“impostor”。
grammar · medium
易错句子He impostured as a doctor.
正确表达He committed an imposture by pretending to be a doctor.
将“imposture”误用作动词，但它是名词。表达“冒充”行为时，需用“commit an imposture”或“engage in imposture”等动词短语。
imposture指欺诈行为，impostor指进行欺诈的人
impost与imposture拼写相近，但impost指税款
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