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imitate vt.模仿,仿效,仿制,仿造 v.模仿 Humans learn by imitating others. Babies carefully watch their caregivers' lips, learning to imitate the movements they make to create language sounds. Writers often begin their careers imitating the style of older writers they admire. ★☆☆☆☆ 2012.1

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['imiteit] When you imitate someone, you copy them. Youth marketers capitalize on kids' desire to imitate––tweens imitate teens, teens imitate young adults, and marketers supply the product lines to make it easy. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day. 1[VERB 动词]模仿；仿效；模拟 If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce.   [V n]...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2[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。

英语单词	imitate
英美音标	['imiteit]
中文释义	vt.模仿,仿效,仿制,仿造 v.模仿
vocab简明	When you imitate someone, you copy them. Youth marketers capitalize on kids' desire to imitate––tweens imitate teens, teens imitate young adults, and marketers supply the product lines to make it easy.
vocab扩展	Humans learn by imitating others. Babies carefully watch their caregivers' lips, learning to imitate the movements they make to create language sounds. Writers often begin their careers imitating the style of older writers they admire.
真题原句	This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]模仿；仿效；模拟 If you imitate someone, you copy what they do or produce. [V n] ...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 2 [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。
来源	2012.1

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