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Ersatz means “the stand-in, and not as good as the real thing”. English borrowed it from German, where Ersatz is a plain word for a replacement.
Ersatz means "the stand-in, and not as good as the real thing"Ersatz的意思是「代替品，而且不如真品」. English borrowed it from German英文是從德文借來的, where Ersatz is a plain word for a replacement德文的Ersatz就只是個平常的「替代品」的詞
English loaded it with a . Wartime ersatz coffee made from grain. An ersatz version of a famous bag. An ersatz smile that does not reach the eyes.
English loaded it with a sniff英文替它加上了一種嗤之以鼻的味道. Wartime ersatz coffee made from grain戰時用穀物做的ersatz咖啡. An ersatz version of a famous bag一個知名包款的ersatz版本. An ersatz smile that does not reach the eyes一個沒有帶到眼神的ersatz微笑
It is a grown-up, slightly adjective; people use it when they want to sound sharp about a fake or a cheap copy.
It is a grown-up, slightly showy adjective是個成熟、有點炫技的形容詞; people use it人們用它, when they want to sound sharp about是想講得犀利一點形容 a fake or a cheap copy一個假貨或廉價的仿製品
A spare house key is not ersatz — it is a real key that does the same job. Ersatz is for the thing that is trying to pass, and failing a little.
A spare house key一把備用的家裡鑰匙 is not ersatz不是ersatz — it is a real key它是一把真的鑰匙, that does the same job做的是一樣的工作. Ersatz is for the thingErsatz是用在, that is trying to pass那種想矇混過關的東西, and failing a little而且沒完全成功的東西
Though actually, the German word itself is neutral; the “inferior” colour is what English added.
Though actually不過其實, the German word itself is neutral德文這個字本身是中性的; the "inferior" colour"比較差」的色彩 is what English added是英文後來加上去的
組成Borrowed from German Ersatz, “a replacement”, a back-formation from ersetzen, “to replace / to put in the place of”.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ersatzadj/ˈɛəzæts/
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An inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation.
- Back then, we could only get ersatz coffee.
- In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten.
ersatznoun/ˈɛəzæts/
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Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.
- The important point I want to emphasize here is that, regardless of a Government agency's conception of what a consumer expects of a food item, by and large the consumer detests the use of chemicals in foods as substitutes for nutritious, wholesome natural ingredients which improve flavor and quality. The consumer has little to gain in purchasing a product containing questionable ersatzes if his life is to be endangered or he will suffer ill effects.
- What intrigues us is what will happen when the ersatzes for the ersatzes come along. Will characters start substituting for actors, bona fide dogs for barking ladies; will people start looking at people again instead of television and at nature instead of at documentaries?
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。