surrogate

[US]/ˈsʌrəɡət/
[UK]/ˈsɜːrəɡət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. proxy; acting bishop; judge of probate
v. act as a substitute; appoint (someone) as one's proxy
adj. acting as a substitute; representing someone else.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

surrogate mother

stedmor

surrogate parent

stedmor

surrogate pregnancy

bæremor

Example Sentences

The cat acted as a surrogate mum to the chicks.

Katten fungerede som en surrogermor for kyllingerne.

For some people, reading travel books is a surrogate for actual travel.

For nogle mennesker er det at læse rejsebøger en erstatning for selve rejsen.

wives of MPs are looked on as surrogates for their husbands while the latter are at Westminster.

Koner til parlamentsmedlemmer betragtes som erstatninger for deres mænd, mens sidstnævnte er i Westminster.

In the 1950s Harlow compared monkeys raised by their mothers with monkeys reared by wire or terrycloth surrogate mothers.

I 1950'erne sammenlignede Harlow aber opdraget af deres mødre med aber opvokset af tråde eller terryklæde-erstatningsmødre.

It should be noted that the method for updating multipliers is similar but different to the surrogate subgradient method, which is more robust and stable for accelerating the convergence rate.

Det skal bemærkes, at metoden til at opdatere multiplikatorer er ens, men anderledes end den surrogat subgradient metode, som er mere robust og stabil til at fremskynde konvergenshastigheden.

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