Word · Frequency #19224
personages
人；某人
personages is the plural of personage.
a person, especially one who is not identified or not worth identifying
- 1.
A person, especially one who is famous or important.
名人,尤指有名或重要的人物。
- 2.
another word for person; a person not meriting identification
无名人士
- 3.
A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
(电影、书籍、戏剧等中的)角色。
- 4.
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
要人
- 5.
The creation of corporate persons named after living people.
以在世人物命名的法人实体的设立。
- 6.
Character represented; external appearance; persona.
表现出的性格；外表；人格面具。
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。
In use
The personage who answered the phone spoke in a quiet voice.
Several personages were waiting outside the conference room.
A strange personage left a note on my desk yesterday.
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]
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。
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- person
- 人 · 最通用、最中性的词，泛指任何人；在口语和书面语中都可替换 personage 的‘人’义，没有身份或地位的限制。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
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.