emulate
verb /ˈemjuleɪt/
/ˈemjuleɪt/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they emulate | /ˈemjuleɪt/ /ˈemjuleɪt/ |
he / she / it emulates | /ˈemjuleɪts/ /ˈemjuleɪts/ |
past simple emulated | /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ |
past participle emulated | /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪd/ |
-ing form emulating | /ˈemjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈemjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- emulate somebody/something (formal) to try to do something as well as somebody else because you admire them
努力赶上;向…看齐 - She hopes to emulate her sister's sporting achievements.
她希望在运动成绩方面赶上她姐姐。
- She hopes to emulate her sister's sporting achievements.
- emulate something (computing
) (of a computer program, etc.计算机 ) to work in the same way as another computer, etc. and perform the same tasks计算机程序等 仿真;模仿
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin aemulat- ‘rivalled, equalled’, from the verb aemulari, from aemulus ‘rival’.