surrogate
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/ˈsɜːrəɡət/
🇬🇧
/ˈsʌrəɡət/
acting as a substitute or replacement
A surrogate mother carries a baby for someone else who cannot have a child.
代理孕母為不能生育的人懷孩子。
a person who takes the place of another in a specific role or function
In the experiment, the scientists used a computer as a surrogate for the human brain.
在實驗中,科學家們使用電腦作為人腦的替代品。