1875, from German Ersatz "units of the army reserve," literally "compensation, replacement, substitute," from ersetzen "to replace," from Old High German irsezzen, from ir-, unaccented variant of ur- (see ur-) + setzen "to set" (see set (v.)). As a noun, from 1892.
雙語例句
1. The ersatz spontaneity of "Sunday Love" sounds especially hollow.
對《星期天的愛情》這首歌的即興模仿聽起來尤其空洞。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There were few provisions available in exchange for food stamps: ersatz coffee, macaroni, small cubes of margarine.
可以用來換取糧票的食物隻有這些：代用咖啡、通心粉和小塊的人造黃油。
來自辭典例句
3. Tourists are the ones having the ersatz experience.
觀光客得到的是一種模擬的感受.
來自互聯網
4. Ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory.
代用咖啡主要是用菊苣做成的.
來自互聯網
5. It'scarcely seems to matter that most of these schools ersatz affairs with few conventional qualifications.