pale imitation (of something)

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpale imitation (of something)pale imitation (of something)something that is similar to, but not as good as, something else The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan. → paleExamples from the Corpuspale imitation (of something)• It had been a pale imitation.• These, however, are but a pale imitation of the History file.• These programs are still only a pale imitation of the original human operators, however.• But this time round, they're pathetic, pale imitations of the planet destroyers that went before.• To its critics, it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended.

单词	pale imitation (of something)
释义	pale imitation (of something) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpale imitation (of something)pale imitation (of something)something that is similar to, but not as good as, something else The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan. → paleExamples from the Corpuspale imitation (of something)• It had been a pale imitation.• These, however, are but a pale imitation of the History file.• These programs are still only a pale imitation of the original human operators, however.• But this time round, they're pathetic, pale imitations of the planet destroyers that went before.• To its critics, it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended.
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