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imitate

美音:[´ımə´teıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.模仿,仿效,仿制,仿造 v.模仿

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imitate为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:imitator 动词过去式:imitated 过去分词:imitated 现在分词:imitating 第三人称单数:imitates

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copy  echo  emulate  mirror  reflect  repeat  create  invent    

imitate


/'ɪmɪteɪt; `ɪmə,tet/
v [Tn]
1 copy the behaviour of (sb/sth); take or follow as an example 学(某人[某物])的样; 仿效
*Decide what you want to do; don't just imitate others. 想做什么自己决定, 不要一味学别人的样.
2 copy the speech, actions, dress, etc of (sb); mimic 模仿(某人的言谈、举止、衣着等)
*He's very clever at imitating his friends. 他非常擅长于模仿朋友的言行.
3 be like (sb/sth); look like 与(某人[某事物])相似; 好像
*The stage was designed to imitate a prison cell. 舞台设计成牢房的样子.

imitate


v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of imitari]
to 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.
to 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.
>imitatorn[C]
HINT sense 1
Do not use imitate when you mean to do the same thing as someone else. Use copy instead: She worries that Tom will copy his brother and leave home (NOT She worries that he will imitate his brother).

1. The workers imitate a diamond with crystal.
    工人们用水晶仿造钻石。

2. This is because, as he is deaf, he cannot hear other people, and therefore has nothing to imitate.
    这是因为,一个聋人听不见别人讲话,因此没有可模仿的东西。

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