ersatz

英 [ˈeəzæts]

美 [ˈersɑːts]

adj.  人造的，代用的，合成的(因而质量不如真品)

GRE

BNC.34376 / COCA.22476

牛津词典

adj.

• 人造的，代用的，合成的（因而质量不如真品）
  artificial and not as good as the real thing or product
  1. ersatz coffee
     咖啡替代品

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 仿造的;伪造的;劣质的
  If you describe something asersatz, you dislike it because it is not genuine and is a poor imitation of something better.
  1. ...an ersatz Victorian shopping precinct...
     仿照维多利亚风格建立的购物区
  2. 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。
• ADJ 代用的；劣质的
  Anersatzproduct is a poor quality product that is used to replace something that is not available.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation

adj

• artificial and inferior
  1. ersatz coffee
  2. substitute coffee
  Synonym:substitute

双语例句

• Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, the film is brisk and businesslike, with an appropriately ersatz Chinatown look, but it doesn't betray any personality beyond Black's.
  由马克·奥斯本和约翰·斯蒂文森执导，这部电影可以说是轻快活泼，条理有致，加上精确合成的唐人街外观&但是它并没有显露出布莱克之外的其他配音演员的性格。
• An ersatz form of eurozone bond issued by the European financial stability facility already exists.
  况且，目前已经存在由欧洲金融稳定安排（efsf）发行的另一种欧元区债券。
• The most that the citizens of Ukraine and the Baltic states should have expected was the ersatz independence now bestowed on South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
  乌克兰和波罗的海诸国公民所能期望的，最多也就是南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹所获得的虚假独立。
• 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。
• Tourists are the ones having the ersatz experience.
  观光客得到的是一种模拟的感受。
• The Java Log – Invented by Canadian Rod Smules, this ersatz firewood is made from recycled coffee grounds.
  爪哇木柴&由加拿大人罗德。斯谬尔斯发明。这种木柴代替品是由回收的咖啡渣制造而成。
• We should not start looking for ersatz issues and forget the topic of financial market regulation.
  她表示：我们不应该开始寻找替代问题，而忘记金融市场监管这一议题。
• Much Soviet gear is of an ersatz nature, to the point that nothing can really be called the standard issue.
  苏联的装备基本上都是些代用品，没有什么能称得上是标准化的装备。
• It tasted more like ersatz coffee to me.
  我觉得它的味道更像代用咖啡。
• It may buy some small symbolic quantity of southern European bonds, as an ersatz commitment to the future of the EU.
  中国可能会象征性地购买少量南欧国家债券，作为对欧盟未来的名义上的承诺。