[VERB 动词]模仿;仿效;模拟 If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce.
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...a genuine German musical which does not try to imitate the American model.
不刻意模仿美国模式的真正的德国音乐剧
...a precedent which may be imitated by other activists in the future.
将来可能会被其他激进分子仿效的先例
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[VERB 动词](为逗乐)戏仿,学…的样子 If you imitate a person or animal, you copy the way they speak or behave, usually because you are trying to be funny.
[V n]
Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again.
克拉伦斯又板起面孔,模仿起上校来。
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imi·tate/ˈɪmɪteɪt; NAmEˈɪmɪteɪt/verb1imitatesb/sth to copy sb/sth 模仿;仿效◆Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists.她的绘画风格为其他画家所模仿。◆Art imitates Nature.艺术是对大自然的仿制。◆Teachers provide a model for children to imitate.教师是孩子仿效的典范。◆No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain.任何计算机都无法模拟人脑的复杂功能。2imitatesb to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to amuse people 模仿(某人的讲话、举止);作滑稽模仿SYN
mimic
◆She knew that the girls used to imitate her and laugh at her behind her back.她知道那些女孩子过去常在背地里模仿她、嘲笑她。imitateimitatesimitatedimitatingimi·tate/ˈɪmɪteɪt; NAmEˈɪmɪteɪt/
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imitateim‧i‧tate /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to copy the way someone behaves, speaks, moves etc, especially in order to make people laugh: She was a splendid mimic and loved to imitate Winston Churchill. ► Do not use imitate to mean ‘do the same thing as someone else’. Use copy: She worries that Tom will copy his brother (NOT imitate his brother) and leave home.2to copy something because you think it is good: vegetarian products which imitate meat The Japanese have no wish to imitate Western social customs and attitudes.—imitator noun [countable]
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imitate
[ˈɪmɪteɪt]imitated, imitating, imitates
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v6232
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851
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420
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VERB9780
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imitated[361] imitates[426] imitating[1051]
模仿(87%),仿效(9%),仿制(4%)
vt.模仿,仿效;仿造,仿制
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