Word · Frequency #14420
surrogate
代替者；替代者
A person who takes the place of another, especially in a role such as a parent.
- 1.
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
替代品(通常指人、职位或角色)
- 2.
someone who takes the place of another person
替代他人的人
- 3.
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
替代他人社会或牧师角色的人或动物,如代理父母
- 4.
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
被指定代表他人行事的人
- 5.
Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
在UTF-16中用于表示超出基本多语言平面的字符的Unicode代码点对
- 6.
An ersatz good.
替代品
代表；代理人；代用品；仿制品；代理项；代理码点；替代品(通常指人、职位或角色)；替代他人的人
In use
She is a surrogate for the project leader while he is away.
The volunteer acted as a surrogate for the host at the reception.
Parents often use grandparents as surrogates when they cannot attend school events.
Connections
Collocations
- act as a surrogate
- 充当替代者；担任代理人
- She acted as a surrogate for the manager while he was on leave.经理休假期间，她担任他的代理人。
- surrogate mother
- 代孕母亲；替代母亲
- The couple hired a surrogate mother to carry their child.这对夫妇雇用了一位代孕母亲来孕育他们的孩子。
- appoint a surrogate
- 指定代理人；委任代表
- You should appoint a surrogate to make medical decisions if you become unable to do so.如果你变得无法自己做决定，应当指定一名代理人来做出医疗决定。
- surrogate for
- ……的替代者；作为……的替代
- The exercise is not a surrogate for proper medical treatment.这种锻炼不能替代正规医疗。
- surrogate decision-maker
- 替代决策者；代为做决定的人
- A close relative may be asked to act as a surrogate decision-maker.近亲可能会被要求担任替代决策者。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 surrogate 结尾像 gate（门）：代理人就像替你站在门口应付外人的人。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律或医学文书、学术讨论 作为名词表示“替代者/代理人”时，通常用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于法律、医学或学术讨论；日常口语中更常说 substitute 或 replacement。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme with surrogate (/ˈsɝəɡət/). The -rogate verbs listed above (abrogate, arrogate, derogate, interrogate) are spelling lookalikes pronounced with /geɪt/, so they do not rhyme. Aggregate and delegate (noun) share the final /gət/ sound but have different stressed vowels, so they are not true rhymes either; they help illustrate the noun/adjective -ate reduction to /ət/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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.