Apedia

Surrogate Person Child Place Describe Thing Role 英

英语单词 surrogate
英美音标 英 ['sʌrəɡət] 美 ['sɜːrəɡət]
中文释义 n.代理人;代用品;代孕者
adj.替代的
英语例句 (1) I do not know if your company has surrogate in our country.
(2) In addition, the patient or surrogate may correct any historical misinformation at this time.
(3) Fiction is a poor surrogate for real experience.
(4) The youngest child of Michael Jackson was borned by a surrogate.
中文例句 (1) 我不知道贵公司在我国是否有代理。
(2) 病人或代诉者还可在此时纠正病史中的一些错误信息。
(3) 小说中的事远逊于实际体验。
(4) 迈克尔杰克逊最小的孩子是由一位代孕母亲所生的。
vocabulary简明 Someone who acts as a surrogate takes the place of another person. If a celebrity leaves her seat to use the restroom in the middle of a big Hollywood awards ceremony, a surrogate will take his or her place until she returns.
vocabulary扩展 Surrogate comes from the Latin word surrogare, which means "to put in another's place," or "to substitute." An uncle might refer to his niece as a surrogate child if they are very close, especially if he don't have his own biological children. Since 1978, surrogate has also been used to describe a woman who carries and delivers a baby for another person or couple.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]代替的;代用的;代理的 You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available.
  [ADJ n]
  • Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son...

    马丁代为当起了霍华德·科塞尔的儿子。

  • John Brown was the latest in a series of surrogate father figures in Victoria's life...

    在一系列曾在女王维多利亚的一生中扮演过代理父亲角色的人物中,约翰·布朗是最近的一位。

  • Leningrad was the third alien city to offer him a surrogate home.

    列宁格勒是他在异地安家的第三个外国城市。

  • Surrogate is also a noun.
    • Arms control should not be made into a surrogate for peace.

      武器控制不应该用来替代和平。

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Disadvantaged people live areas 英 ˌdɪsəd'vɑːntɪdʒd] 美 ˌdɪsəd'væntɪdʒd adj.处于不利地位的;贫困的

Previous card: Wail wailing heard began verb 动词 loud high-pitched

Up to card list: 17641 COCA words