1
a personage of [period/place]
of 后接时代或地方，强调人物与特定背景的关联。
Li Bai is a personage of the Tang dynasty.
李白是唐代的一位重要人物。
人；某人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
人；某人
a person, especially one who is not identified or not worth identifying
Li Bai is a personage of the Tang dynasty.
李白是唐代的一位重要人物。
名人,尤指有名或重要的人物。
A person, especially one who is famous or important.
无名人士
another word for person; a person not meriting identification
(电影、书籍、戏剧等中的)角色。
A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
要人
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
The personage who answered the phone spoke in a quiet voice.
接电话的那个人说话声音很轻。
AI contextual example
Several personages were waiting outside the conference room.
有几个人在会议室外面等候。
AI contextual example
A strange personage left a note on my desk yesterday.
昨天有个陌生人在我桌上留了张便条。
AI contextual example
a strange personage appeared at the door
一个奇怪的人物出现在门口。
WordNet
of 后接时代或地方，强调人物与特定背景的关联。
Li Bai is a personage of the Tang dynasty.
李白是唐代的一位重要人物。
in 后接文学或戏剧作品，指其中的人物角色。
Falstaff is a comic personage in Shakespeare's plays.
福斯塔夫是莎士比亚戏剧中的一个喜剧角色。
who 引导的定语从句补充说明人物的事迹；one of 后接 the personages 复数形式。
She was one of the personages who shaped the city's skyline.
她是塑造这座城市天际线的重要人物之一。
Not this
He is a personage leader in the government.
Use this
He is a prominent leader in the government.
personage 是名词，意思是“要人/名士”，不是形容词；中文“显要”可作形容词，但英文中表示“显要的、重要的”应用 prominent/important 等形容词。
Not this
He plays a key personage in the project.
Use this
He plays a key role in the project.
personage 虽然有“角色”的含义，但通常指戏剧、小说中的“人物”，不指“作用、职能”；表示在某事中起作用应用 role。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
王室要人；皇族人物
The royal personage arrived at the ceremony in a black carriage.
那位王室要人乘坐黑色马车抵达仪式现场。
著名人士；杰出人物
Several distinguished personages were seated on the platform.
几位著名人士坐在主席台上。
历史人物
The novel features many historical personages of the Ming dynasty.
这部小说塑造了许多明朝历史人物。
公众人物
As a public personage, she was used to being photographed.
作为公众人物，她对被人拍照习以为常。
Use personage naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
person（人）+ age（年龄）：资历老、有名望的人，就是重要人物。想象一位年长的名士站在台上。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、formal writing personage 作“人”解时通常用于正式或文学语境，多见于书面叙述，日常口语中较少使用；常用来指某个身份不具体说明的人。
The suffix -age is pronounced /ɪdʒ/ in personage, image, village and courage. Parsonage is a near rhyme but has /ɑː/ instead of /ɜː/; mirage ends in /ɑːʒ/, not /ɪdʒ/; person shares the same stressed vowel /ɜː/ as personage.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.