ersatz

英 ['ɜːsæts; 'eə-]美 ['ɛrsɑts]
  • adj. 代用的；人造的；假的
  • n. 代用品；仿制品
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

ersatz 合成的，代用的

er-, 外面，词源同out,ordeal. -satz, 同set. 即拿出去的，替换掉的。

英文词源

ersatz (adj.)
1875, from German Ersatz "units of the army reserve," literally "compensation, replacement, substitute," from ersetzen "to replace," from Old High German irsezzen, from ir-, unaccented variant of ur- (see ur-) + setzen "to set" (see set (v.)). As a noun, from 1892.

双语例句

1. The ersatz spontaneity of "Sunday Love" sounds especially hollow.
对《星期天的爱情》这首歌的即兴模仿听起来尤其空洞。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There were few provisions available in exchange for food stamps: ersatz coffee, macaroni, small cubes of margarine.
可以用来换取粮票的食物只有这些：代用咖啡、通心粉和小块的人造黄油。
来自辞典例句
3. Tourists are the ones having the ersatz experience.
观光客得到的是一种模拟的感受.
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4. Ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory.
代用咖啡主要是用菊苣做成的.
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5. It'scarcely seems to matter that most of these schools ersatz affairs with few conventional qualifications.
这里绝大多数的学校几乎没有传统的痕迹,因为没有人在意这些.
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