Word · Frequency #19224
personage
人;某人
核心释义
a person, especially one who is not identified or not worth identifying
- 1.
名人,尤指有名或重要的人物。
A person, especially one who is famous or important.
- 2.
无名人士
another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- 3.
(电影、书籍、戏剧等中的)角色。
A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
- 4.
要人
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
- 5.
以在世人物命名的法人实体的设立。
The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
- 6.
表现出的性格;外表;人格面具。
Character represented; external appearance; persona.
名人,尤指有名或重要的人物。;无名人士;(电影、书籍、戏剧等中的)角色。;要人;以在世人物命名的法人实体的设立。
用法In use
The personage who answered the phone spoke in a quiet voice.
用法提示:personage 在此处用作“人”的正式说法,指某个未指明的人。
Several personages were waiting outside the conference room.
用法提示:personages 为 personage 的复数形式,本句指几个人。
A strange personage left a note on my desk yesterday.
用法提示:a personage 指某个不知名的人,语气略带正式或戏谑。
a strange personage appeared at the door
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。
a personage in [play/novel]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- royal personage
- 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。
- distinguished personage
- 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。
- historical personage
- 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。
- public personage
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
一起学习词形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.