imitate

英 ['ɪmɪteɪt] 美 ['ɪmɪteɪt]

• vt. 仿效；仿制；模仿

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 模仿

   copy; take as an example or model

2. vt. 仿造; 冒充

   be or look like sth

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 模仿
2. 伪造
3. 仿效
4. 仿制
5. 假充
6. 冒充
7. 模拟
8. 效法
9. 仿真
10. 学习
11. 以…作为范例
12. 仿造
13. 作滑稽模仿
14. 学祥
15. 摹拟
16. 学样
17. 假冒
18. 复制

英英释义

Verb:

1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

   "The mime imitated the passers-by"
   "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
   

2. appear like, as in behavior or appearance;

   "Life imitate art"
   

3. make a reproduction or copy of

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You should imitate great and good people.
   你应仿效伟大善良的人。
2. Teachers provide a model for children to imitate.
   教师是孩子们仿效的典范。
3. People imitate diamonds with crystal.
   人们用水晶仿造钻石。
4. He can imitate his teacher perfectly.
   他能维妙维肖地模仿他的老师。
5. They watched jig on TV and tried to imitate.
   他们看着电视里的快步舞并且试图模仿。
6. His handwriting is difficult to imitate.
   他的笔迹很难模仿。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. James can imitate his father perfectly.
   詹姆斯能逼真地模仿他父亲。
2. Wood is often painted to imitate stone.
   木头常被涂上油漆假充石头。
3. You should imitate her way of doing things.
   你应该效仿她做事的方式。

经典引文

• In the form and disposition of his..epistles, he imitated the younger Pliny.

  出自： Gibbon

• Isn't it intolerable that a person whom we're told to imitate should go round spreading slander.

  出自： E. M. Forster

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• imitate marble 仿大理石
• imitate way of doing things 仿效行事方式

～+副词

• imitate brilliantly 惟妙惟肖地模仿
• imitate exactly 学得一模一样
• imitate perfectly 逼真地模仿

～+介词

• imitate from sb 向某人学习

词义辨析

v. (动词)

imitate, ape, copy

• 这组词的共同意思是“模仿”。其区别是：
• copy指在每个细节上都模仿原物,使其在每个方面都与原物特别相像; ape指模仿人或人的举动言谈等,自己羡慕的东西,但又模仿的不像,并成为笑柄；imitate指学某物的核心部分,但在细节上却不一定一样。

词源解说

• ☆ 1530年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的imitatus，意为模仿，伪造。

近反义词

【近义词】

• copy
• follow

【反义词】

• create 创造
• invent 发明