英語單詞

imposture是什麽意思

imposture

英 [ɪm'pɒstʃə] 美 [ɪm'pɑstʃɚ]
  • n. 欺詐,欺騙;冒牌

助記提示


1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + post- + -ure.
2. 字麵含義: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於別人的位置上。
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,為什麽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.
什麽 是宗教稅,什麽是宗教禮節, 都是騙人的,亂七八糟的事,我並且可以證實.

來自互聯網

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