surrogate

surrogate
[ˈsʌrəgət]
noun
  1. a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office
    代理人;替代者
    wives of MPs are looked on as surrogates for their husbands while the latter are at Westminster.
    当议员们在威斯敏斯特时,他们的夫人被看作其丈夫的代理人。
    ■(in the Christian Church) a bishop's deputy who grants marriage licences
    (基督教)(签发结婚证书的)主教代理人
    ■(in the US) a judge in charge of probate, inheritance, and guardianship
    (美国)(掌管遗嘱,遗产,监护事宜的)遗嘱检验法官
surrogateship
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare 'elect as a substitute', from super- 'over' + rogare 'ask'
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