| 单词 |
impersonation |
| 释义 |
impersonation|ɪmpɜːsəˈneɪʃən|
[n. of action from impersonate v.]
1. The action of impersonating or fact of being impersonated; representation in personal or bodily form; personification.
1800Collins' Poems 128 note (Jod.), We include the Impersonation of Passions, Affections, Virtues and Vices. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. App. 387 In figurative representation there is always impersonation.
b. concr. An instance of this; a person or thing impersonating or representing a principle, idea, etc.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. vi, Man..the visible Manifestation and Impersonation of the Divinity. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge iv, The very impersonation of good-humour and blooming beauty. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) II. xvi. 236 He proclaimed himself..the supreme impersonation of the laws.
2. The dramatic representation of a character.
1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 332/2 Her [Mrs. Siddons'] sublime impersonation of that heroic woman. 1881Athenæum No. 2811. 348/1 For Herr Reichmann's impersonation of the leading rôle no words of praise could be too high. |
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