[with obj.]pretend to be (another person) as entertainment or in order to deceive someone 扮演,模仿,假冒(某人) it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer. 假冒警官是重罪。
派生 impersonation noun impersonator noun 语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'personify'): from in- 'into' + Latin persona 'person', on the pattern of incorporate