imposture
英 [?m'p?st??]
美[?m'pɑst??]
- n. 欺詐，欺騙；冒牌
GRE
助記提示
1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + post- + -ure.
2. 字面含義：put upon, place upon, a laying on.
3. => sb put himself upon the position which belongs to another.
4. 也就是說某人將他自己放置在本來屬于別人的位置上。
5. put something bad like deception on sb.
6. 或者說：以次充好，以假亂真，以假代真。=> 欺騙、欺詐。
7. put false on true, put false replace true.
2. 字面含義：put upon, place upon, a laying on.
3. => sb put himself upon the position which belongs to another.
4. 也就是說某人將他自己放置在本來屬于別人的位置上。
5. put something bad like deception on sb.
6. 或者說：以次充好，以假亂真，以假代真。=> 欺騙、欺詐。
7. put false on true, put false replace true.
中文詞源
imposture 冒名行騙
im-,進入，使，-post,放置，詞源同posture,compose. 引申詞義放置，替代，冒名行騙。
英文詞源
- imposture (n.)
- "act of willfully deceiving others," 1530s, from Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, from impostus (see impost).
雙語例句
- 1. Soiled by her imposture she remains silent.
- 她背著冒名頂替者的黑鍋卻一直沉默。
來自辭典例句
- 2. What tithes and tricks but an imposition, all a confounded imposture ? - and I can prove it.
- 有一件事情最讓他覺得噩夢般駭人, 便是他從來鬧不清楚,為什么要這般大張旗鼓地搞欺騙.
來自互聯網
- 3. What are an imposition, all a confounded imposture? - and I can prove it.
- 什么 是宗教稅,什么是宗教禮節, 都是騙人的,亂七八糟的事,我并且可以證實.
來自互聯網