单词	impostor
释义	impostorim‧pos‧tor, imposter /ɪmˈpɒstə $ ɪmˈpɑːstər/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINimpostor Origin: 1500-1600 Latin impostus, past participle of imponere; ➔ IMPOSE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES It was not the real Dr Frazer but an impostor. The man registered at a Las Vegas hotel as Dustin Hoffman, and it wasn't until he left without paying his bill, that people realized he was an impostor. The President had a telephone conversation with an impostor claiming to be Iran's president. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At heart I felt like a fraud, an impostor. He knew I was no impostor, from the screening at the Valve. People were impostors and children were nothing but the promise of broken bones. The impostors allegedly traveled to different testing site to take the exams, showing fake drivers' licenses or military identifications. The grueling events of this century should long ago have stripped the luster from those two impostors. The interviews were already published when it was discovered that he was an impostor. This will enable visitors to your site to confirm that they really are doing business with you, not an impostor. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who pretends to be someone else► impostor someone who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive people and gain something such as money or power: · It was not the real Dr Frazer but an impostor.· The man registered at a Las Vegas hotel as Dustin Hoffman, and it wasn't until he left without paying his bill that people realized he was an impostor. ► charlatan someone who pretends to have special skills or knowledge, for example as a doctor or teacher, when in fact they do not: · No. She isn't a miracle worker. She isn't even a doctor. She's a complete charlatan.· Some people said that he was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived; others claimed he was a charlatan. ► bogus pretending to have a particular job or position that you do not have, in order to do something dishonest or illegal: · The government has announced tough new measures to deal with bogus asylum-seekers.bogus official/social worker/policeman etc: · The child was taken away from her parents by a bogus social worker.· There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people. someone who pretends to be someone else in order to trick people:  The nurse was soon discovered to be an impostor.
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