及物动词

1. 假冒;模仿
If someone impersonates a person, they pretend to be that person, either to deceive people or to make people laugh.

1. pretend to be someone you are not
sometimes with fraudulent intentions

e.g. She posed as the Czar's daughter

Synonym: posepersonate

2. represent another person with comic intentions

3. assume or act the character of

e.g. She impersonates Madonna
The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man

Synonym: portray