surrogate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sur·ro·gate1 /ˈsʌrəɡeɪt, -ɡət $ ˈsɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]  REPLACEa surrogate person or thing is one that takes the place of someone or something else 替代的，代理的 William was acting as a surrogate father for his brother’s son. 威廉替代兄弟为他的儿子担当起父亲的职责。

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surrogate• His dancers were his family, surrogate children whom he fed, educated and drove mercilessly as artists.• Both his sense of need and his surrogate conscience link him however tenuously, with a social universe.• They merely suffered from unresolved Oedipal complexes, and were attacking universities as a surrogate father.• The old couple across the street were like surrogate grandparents to me.• We became a surrogate mirror reflecting back our approval.• Regional governments have started to issue their own kinds of surrogate money.• Girls are fascinated by people and treat their toys as surrogate people.surrogate father• Joseph Schreider was a kind of ... surrogate father.• They merely suffered from unresolved Oedipal complexes, and were attacking universities as a surrogate father.• His surrogate father figure was killed.surrogate2 noun [countable]  1  a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else 替代品surrogate for Bright-light therapy is used as a surrogate for sunshine. 强光疗法用于替代太阳光。2. a surrogate mother 代孕母亲

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surrogate• Deaver also appeared to act as a messenger between the First lady and her husband, and sometimes even as a surrogate.• As Dole and Kemp headed across the country, the team of surrogates was making its maiden voyage in California.• Civilization itself, in fact, is a pathological surrogate for unconscious infantile disappointments.• The President's surrogates have been campaigning for him nonstop.• This special class acted as their surrogates for over 400 years.• But I have to resist trying to make them surrogates of me.• Then, one night when his white surrogate left the studio, Winslow read part of his own Script on the air.Origin surrogate2 (1500-1600) Latin past participle of surrogare “to ask in place of another”, from sub- ( → SUB-) + rogare “to ask”

sur·ro·gate1 adjectivesurrogate2 nounChineseSyllable  

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surrogate

I

ˌsurrogate ˈmother (also surrogate) noun [countable]
a woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have one, and then gives her the baby after it is born

II

sur‧ro‧gate¹ /ˈsʌrəɡeɪt, -ɡət $ ˈsɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]
a surrogate person or thing is one that takes the place of someone or something else:
    William was acting as a surrogate father for his brother’s son.

III

surrogate² noun [countable]1. a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else
    surrogate for
    Bright-light therapy is used as a surrogate for sunshine.
2. a surrogate mother

sur·ro·gateBrE /ˈsʌrəɡət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrəɡət/ 🔊 adjective (formal) used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, sb/sth else 替代的；代用的◆She saw him as a sort of surrogate father. 在她心目中，他仿佛是能替代父亲角色的人。🔊🔊▸ sur·ro·gate noun