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单词 impersonate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•per•son•ate /ɪmˈpɜrsəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -at•ed, -at•ing. 
  1. to assume the character or appearance of (someone else); pretend to be:arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  2. to imitate the voice, behavior, etc., of (another person) to entertain:When he impersonates the president the audience laughs hysterically.
im•per•son•a•tion /ɪmˌpɜrsəˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]Impersonation of a police officer is against the law.[countable]Her impersonations of me had me laughing uncontrollably.
im•per•son•a•tor, n. [countable]a female impersonator.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
im•per•son•ate  (v. im pûrsə nāt′;adj. im pûrsə nit, -nāt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. 
v.t. 
  1. to assume the character or appearance of;
    pretend to be:He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  2. to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.
  3. to act or play the part of;
    personate.
  4. [Archaic.]to represent in personal or bodily form;
    personify;
    typify.

adj. 
  1. embodied in a person;
    invested with personality.
  • im-1 + person + -ate1 1615–25
im•per′son•ation, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
impersonate /ɪmˈpɜːsəˌneɪt/ vb (transitive)
  1. to pretend to be (another person)
  2. to imitate the character, mannerisms, etc, of (another person)
  3. rare to play the part or character of
  4. an archaic word for personify

imˌpersonˈation n imˈpersonˌator n
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