English Dictionary

impersonate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of. / (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.

日本語の意味

他人になりすます、すなわち異なる人物として振る舞うこと / （コンピュータ関連）他のユーザーの権限を用いて操作を行うこと

The con artist attempted to impersonate the CEO to access the secure files.

その詐欺師は機密ファイルにアクセスするために社長になりすまそうとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.

The conman managed to impersonate several executives.

意味（2）

(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.

意味（3）

(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.

impersonates （ present singular third-person ）

impersonating （ participle present ）

impersonated （ participle past ）

impersonated （ past ）