alter ego

英 [ˌɔːltər ˈiːɡəʊ]

美 [ˌɔːltər ˈiːɡoʊ]

n.  第二自我; 至交; 知己; 挚友

牛津词典

noun

• 第二自我
  a person whose personality is different from your own but who shows or acts as another side of your personality
  1. Superman's alter ego was Clark Kent.
     超人的第二自我是克拉克∙肯特。
• 至交；知己；挚友
  a close friend who is very like yourself

柯林斯词典

• 另一个自我；个性的另一面
  Youralter egois the other side of your personality from the one which people normally see.
• N-COUNT （演员）经常扮演的角色
  You can describe the character that an actor usually plays on television or in films as his or heralter ego.
  1. Barry Humphries's alter ego Dame Edna has taken the US by storm.
     巴里·汉弗莱斯凭借埃德娜夫人一角轰动全美。
• N-COUNT 知己；密友
  Analter egois a very close and intimate friend whose character is often the opposite of your own.
  1. She is, first and foremost, her husband's alter ego.
     她首先是丈夫的知己。

英英释义

noun

• a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself

双语例句

• What makes Superman and his alter ego Clark Kent the ultimate American hero is that he has reflected American culture and society, ever since his first appearance in 1938.
  超人和他的另一个身份克拉克肯特之所以成长为美国终极英雄，原因在于自1938年首次亮相时起，他便体现出美国的社会与文化。
• What you don't say is perhaps the alter ego of what you say.
  你没说的可能是你所说的东西的“另一个自我”。
• The idea of such an alter ego seems strange and implausible, but it looks as if we will just have to live with it, because it is supported by astronomical observations.
  这种「分身」的想法，看似荒诞不经又毫无说服力，不过未来我们也许不得不接受这个事实，因为它居然得到了天文观测的支持！
• According to a Copenhagen Post article, they lived happily with what at first was Einar's alter ego and later her full transition to Lili.
  据哥本哈根邮报的文章，他们生活愉快，从开始是密友关系到后来埃纳尔完全转变到莉莉。
• For all its outward confidence, modern China has a brittle alter ego that occasionally uses these events to play the victim.
  尽管对外信心十足，但现代中国也有其脆弱的另一面，有些会利用这些事件扮演受害者的角色。
• She has a complicated way of talking in the first place and then when she starts talking about an alter ego and pioneer days most people shake their heads and walk away from her.
  她有一个复杂的方式谈论摆在首位，然后当她开始谈论改变自我和先锋天大多数人摇摇头，并离开了她。
• I'm Eddie who is here, and at the same time, my alter ego is a big green boxy avatar nicknamed Cyber Frank.
  此时此地我是艾迪，与此同时，我的另一面是一个四四方方的虚拟角色，昵称是赛博弗兰克。
• Ive seen this help peoples English skills, as they tend to copy the character as if it were their English alter ego.
  我曾亲眼见证这种做法帮助人们提高英文技巧，因为当人们在模仿剧中人物性格时就仿佛它是英文版的另一个自我。
• In the years before its collapse, Lehman used a small company its "alter ego," in the words of a former Lehman trader to shift investments off its books.
  在破产前几年，雷曼利用交易员所说的'改变自我'小公司将投资从账目上移走。
• It won't leave hairs in your mouth and act as your pathetic alter ego unless you program it to do those things.
  它不会在你口中留下狗毛，除非你编程，否则它不会扮演你的可怜的“另一面”。