imitate
verb /ˈɪmɪteɪt/
/ˈɪmɪteɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they imitate | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it imitates | /ˈɪmɪteɪts/ /ˈɪmɪteɪts/ |
| past simple imitated | /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle imitated | /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form imitating | /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- imitate somebody/something to copy somebody/something
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。 - Dolphins learn to imitate sounds very accurately and quickly.
海豚学习非常准确和快速地模仿声音。
- Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists.
- imitate somebody to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to make people laugh
模仿（某人的讲话、举止）；作滑稽模仿 - 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。 - He tried to imitate my Scots accent and we both laughed.
他试着模仿我的苏格兰口音，结果我俩都大笑起来。
- She knew that the girls used to imitate her and laugh at her behind her back.
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin imitat- ‘copied’, from the verb imitari; related to imago ‘image’.