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  • Conjugation : past  imitated ; ing  imitating
  • Derivatives : n  imitator ; adj  imitable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

imitate ['ɪmɪteɪt]
  1. 1. vt. (copy) 效仿
  2. 2. vt. [+person] [ sound] [ gesture] (mimic) 模仿

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

imitate [ˈɪmɪteɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 模仿效仿模拟
    The mime imitated the passers-by.
    这个哑剧模仿过路人
  2. 2. vt. 像,类似
  3. 3. vt. 复制仿制

Collins English-English Dictionary

imitate ['ɪmɪ"teɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to try to follow the manner, style, character, etc, of or take as a model
    many writers imitated the language of Shakespeare
  2. 2. vt. to pretend to be or to impersonate, esp for humour; mimic
  3. 3. vt. to make a copy or reproduction of; duplicate; counterfeit
  4. 4. vt. to make or be like; resemble or simulate
    her achievements in politics imitated her earlier successes in business
  5. 5. vt. [Etymology] C16: from Latin imitari; see image

Examples

A simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated.
模拟时应当模仿被模仿事情的内在进程而不只是其结果。
模仿
imitate; copy; model oneself on
模拟
imitate; simulate
我们做事不能一味地步武先师。
We can’t imitate our ancestors without innovations.
他模仿起赵本山来还真是维妙维肖的。
He can imitate Zhao Benshan perfectly.
学鸟叫
imitate birdsong

nciku Video Note

模仿 [mófǎng]

  • Scene:

    模仿老人的动作 / imitating an old man

  • Examples:

    模仿秀,模仿鸟的叫声

  • Description:

    模仿 means to imitate someone or something.

Related video notes: 模仿、抄、描

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