英语词汇“imitate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

imitate

/ˈɪmɪteɪt

verb [with object]

1Take or follow as a model: his style was imitated by many other writers...

Are the arts condemned, in short, whatever fertility one attributes to their techniques, to the eternal monotony of imitating the first models?
While handing over the charter to the President, the students were conscious of the fact that the youth imitated their role models in films and therefore sensitising film actors and directors was the most apt thing to do.
The company is providing a business model widely imitated by other corporations, especially its competitors.

Synonyms

emulate, copy, take as a model, model oneself on, take as a pattern, pattern oneself on/after, follow the example of, take as an example, take as a role model, take after, follow, follow in someone's steps/footsteps;

echo, parrot;

follow suit, take a leaf out of someone's book

informal rip off

1.1Copy (a person’s speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect: she imitated my Scots accent...

There is nothing wrong in imitating mannerisms found in every human being.
That is, motivated by prestige and upward mobility, lower class women try to imitate the speech of the upper class but miss the target and end up with affrication rather than frication.
He had grown fairly adept at imitating Jimjim's clipped speech.

Synonyms

mimic, do an impression of, impersonate, ape;

parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, mock;

masquerade as, pose as, pass oneself off as

informal take off, send up, spoof, do

North American informal make like

archaic monkey

rare personate

1.2Copy or simulate: synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber...

But some simulations imitate real people and economies more closely than others, just as some physics models produce more authentic collisions.
At its most basic, a paramilitary group was structured to resemble or imitate a command or military organization.
They learn from doing, from a simulated experience that very closely imitates real life scenarios.

Synonyms

resemble, look like, be like, simulate;

match, echo, mirror;

bring to mind, remind one of

Derivatives

imitable

/ˈɪmɪtəb(ə)l

/ adjective ...

What I'll be working with tomorrow, then, is not a model provided by a film, or even by a filmmaker, but an abstract idea that I've not really had laid out before me in any concrete, imitable way.
To keep out the cold, in imitable British style, three-quarter-length car coats are back in tweed, cashmere and wool, featuring velvet collars.
It sees him tackling the Bible in his own imitable style.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin imitat- 'copied', from the verb imitari; related to imago 'image'.

单词	imitate
释义	imitate /ˈɪmɪteɪt / verb [with object] 1Take or follow as a model: his style was imitated by many other writers... Are the arts condemned, in short, whatever fertility one attributes to their techniques, to the eternal monotony of imitating the first models? While handing over the charter to the President, the students were conscious of the fact that the youth imitated their role models in films and therefore sensitising film actors and directors was the most apt thing to do. The company is providing a business model widely imitated by other corporations, especially its competitors. Synonyms emulate, copy, take as a model, model oneself on, take as a pattern, pattern oneself on/after, follow the example of, take as an example, take as a role model, take after, follow, follow in someone's steps/footsteps; echo, parrot; follow suit, take a leaf out of someone's book informal rip off 1.1Copy (a person’s speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect: she imitated my Scots accent... There is nothing wrong in imitating mannerisms found in every human being. That is, motivated by prestige and upward mobility, lower class women try to imitate the speech of the upper class but miss the target and end up with affrication rather than frication. He had grown fairly adept at imitating Jimjim's clipped speech. Synonyms mimic, do an impression of, impersonate, ape; parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, mock; masquerade as, pose as, pass oneself off as informal take off, send up, spoof, do North American informal make like archaic monkey rare personate 1.2Copy or simulate: synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber... But some simulations imitate real people and economies more closely than others, just as some physics models produce more authentic collisions. At its most basic, a paramilitary group was structured to resemble or imitate a command or military organization. They learn from doing, from a simulated experience that very closely imitates real life scenarios. Synonyms resemble, look like, be like, simulate; match, echo, mirror; bring to mind, remind one of Derivatives imitable /ˈɪmɪtəb(ə)l / adjective ... What I'll be working with tomorrow, then, is not a model provided by a film, or even by a filmmaker, but an abstract idea that I've not really had laid out before me in any concrete, imitable way. To keep out the cold, in imitable British style, three-quarter-length car coats are back in tweed, cashmere and wool, featuring velvet collars. It sees him tackling the Bible in his own imitable style. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin imitat- 'copied', from the verb imitari; related to imago 'image'.
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