英语释义
1. a second self or different version of oneself: such as
2. a trusted friend
3. the opposite side of a personality
Clark Kent and his alter ego Superman
4. counterpart sense 3
a fictional character that is the author's alter ego
5. a person or entity vicariously liable for another (such as an agent)
… because the Cuban bank had not physically participated in the expropriation, it could not be considered an alter ego of the Government in the context of the Citibank case.
— The New York Times
6. a different version of yourself
7. a close friend who thinks or feels similarly to the way you think or feel
8. second self especially a person or entity vicariously liable for another (as an agent)
had the officer been the alter ego of the corporation
— J. J. White and R. S. Summers — compare instrumentality Note: The concept of a legal alter ego is used primarily to hold the controlling parties of a corporation personally liable instead of limiting liability to the corporate entity.