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

• She is, first and foremost, her husband's alter ego.
  她首先是丈夫的知己。
• 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。
• 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！
• The firm is going after assets belonging to Argentina's central bank ( known at home as the BCRA), invoking the "alter ego" theory.
  这家公司是追讨属于阿根廷央行（家喻户晓的BCRA）的资本，应用‘挑战自我’的理论。
• Taylor Lautner swapped his shirtless werewolf alter ego that made him famous for a new character while filming Abduction in Pittsburgh yesterday.
  昨日，当泰勒·洛特纳在匹兹堡拍摄新片《绑架》时，他为了尝试新的角色，改变了以往扮演狼人时赤裸着上身的经典形象。
• On the contrary, money takes away your time that could have been spent playing with your children or having a long walk with your alter ego.
  相反，时间会夺走你和孩子玩耍的时间，或者和密友一起漫步的时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。