impostor

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impostor — 名詞

  • impostorsingular
  • impostorsplural

1. someone who falsely claims a different identity, often a stranger's name, job, o

1.名詞C1
釋義

冒充者；騙子

假冒他人身分行騙的人

someone who falsely claims a different identity, often a stranger's name, job, or rank, so that people will trust them or hand over money, access, or secrets.

例句

An impostor wearing a fake uniform walked past the guards at the embassy gate.

一名穿著假制服的冒充者大搖大擺走過大使館門口的警衛。

typical noun phrase: 'an impostor + wearing/posing/claiming...'

Yuna realised the man at her grandmother's door was an impostor when he could not name a single relative.

Yuna 發現站在祖母門口的男子是冒充者，因為他連一個親戚的名字都說不出來。

predicative: 'be an impostor' as the reveal of a deception

常見搭配
  • expose / unmask an impostor
  • an impostor posing as
  • feel like an impostor
  • impostor syndrome
同義詞
  • impersonator

    more neutral — often paid entertainer copying a celebrity; 'impostor' implies criminal or harmful intent

  • fraud

    broader — anyone faking credentials, expertise, or character, not only identity

  • fake

    informal; can describe a thing as well as a person

  • pretender

    older / more literary; often used of someone claiming a title or throne

文法句型

an impostor + (modifier)

用法筆記

Almost always countable and modified — typical frame is 'an impostor + posing/claiming/pretending to be + [role or person]'. Subject of verbs like 'pose', 'pretend', 'claim'; object of verbs like 'unmask', 'expose', 'arrest', 'catch'.

常見錯誤

He is impostor.
He is an impostor.
the noun is countable and needs an article.
She felt impostor at the meeting.
She felt like an impostor at the meeting.
for the psychological sense, the natural phrasing is 'feel like an impostor' or 'impostor syndrome'.

同根字

  • imposture
    名詞C2
  • impose
    動詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • impostor syndrome
  • an impostor scheme
  • an impostor account

常用片語

  • expose / unmask an impostor
  • feel like an impostor
  • spot the impostor
  • impostor posing as a [role]

介系詞搭配

  • impostor + at (a gate / event)
  • impostor + in (a uniform / disguise)