surrogate

• n. 代理；代用品；遗嘱检验法官
• vt. 代理；指定某人为自己的代理人
• adj. 代理的；替代的

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中文词源

来自拉丁语 surrogare,替代，代替，来自 sur-,在下，向上，-rog,要求，词源同 arrogant,prorogue. 引申词义代孕的。

英文词源

surrogate

surrogate: [17] A surrogate is etymologically someone who has been ‘asked for’ to take the place of another. The word was borrowed from Latin surrogātus, a later form of subrogātus, the past participle of subrogāre ‘nominate an alternative candidate’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub-, used here in the sense ‘instead of’, and rogāre ‘ask for, propose’ (source of English interrogate, prerogative, etc).
=> interrogate, prerogative

surrogate (n.)

early 15c., from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare/subrogare "put in another's place, substitute," from assimilated form of sub "in the place of, under" (see sub-) + rogare "to ask, propose" (see rogation). Meaning "woman pregnant with the fertilized egg of another woman" is attested from 1978 (from 1972 of animals; surrogate mother in a psychological sense is from 1971). As an adjective from 1630s.

双语例句

1. Leningrad was the third alien city to offer him a surrogate home.

列宁格勒是他在异地安家的第三个外国城市。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Arms control should not be made into a surrogate for peace.

武器控制不应该用来替代和平。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son.

马丁代为当起了霍华德·科塞尔的儿子。

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4. 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。

来自《权威词典》

5. The cat acted as a surrogate mum to the chicks.

这只貓当起了小鸡的妈妈来.

来自《简明英汉词典》