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ersatz

/er-zahts, -sahts, er-zahts, -sahts/US // ˈɛr zɑts, -sɑts, ɛrˈzɑts, -ˈsɑts //UK // (ˈɛəzæts, ˈɜː-) //

假的,假说,假设性的,假象

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial: an ersatz coffee made from grain.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.

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Examples

  • The ersatz meat product began appearing on menus at only 400 restaurants in the US last week but should be making its way to many more fast-casual eateries, hotels, stadiums, and other businesses soon.

  • In the buildup, Mayweather described last night’s ersatz contest as “legalized bank robbery.”

  • The company’s ersatz beef is being touted at both Burger King and Papa John’s pizza outlets in Chile.

  • Listen to this week’s episode to learn more about our complicated relationship with ersatz humanoids—and why it probably doesn’t boil down to an ancient alien conspiracy.

  • Atlast’s consumer brand, MyEats, is launching the bacon in select stores this fall, but the company says to expect wider availability—and a growing variety of ersatz meat cuts and even seafood—in the future.

  • They were done to give a thin patina of ersatz legitimacy to what is otherwise flagrant sexual assault.

  • An elderly couple dances under flashing lights in an ersatz disco club.

  • Our hopes have gotten so cheesy that even the cheese is ersatz.

  • We put our heads together and in the calmer light of logic, and much ersatz coffee, solved the problem.

  • Plus, the song is catchy and rich with emotion which, although it may be ersatz, is pop perfection.

  • There was Tylerton—an ersatz city, but looking so real and familiar that Burckhardt almost imagined the whole episode a dream.

  • We were getting German ersatz coffee which was bitter and resembled coffee only by its color.

  • The dear old chap was eating lotus in his Fool's Paradise, thinking it genuine pre-war lotus and not war ersatz.

  • It went along with the ersatz rustic decor of the rest of the Sky Hi Club.

  • We weren't used to strong coffee, and these warmed-over grounds were much better than Kaffee-Ersatz.