柯林斯詞典ersatz /???z?ts, ???- / 1. ADJ If you describe something as ersatz, you dislike it because it is not genuine and is a poor imitation of something better. 仿造的; 假的[書面] [usu ADJ n] ...the ersatz Gothic architecture of Yale. ...耶魯大學(xué)的仿哥特式建筑。 返回 ersatz劍橋詞典used instead of something else , usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare （通常指因為某物過于昂貴或稀有而以其他事物）代用的 I'm allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans , but it's a poor substitute for the real thing. 他們允許我吃用角豆做的巧克力替代品，不過這種以假代真的東西太蹩腳了。 返回 ersatz