imitate

['imiteit]

vt.仿效, 仿制, 模仿

vt.

1. 模仿

Jane imitates the cuckoo.

简模仿布谷鸟的叫声。

2. 以……做为范例, 仿效

I wish you would imitate your brother a little more.

我希望你多学学你的兄弟。

3. 仿制; 伪造

It was some kind of plastic made to imitate iron.

这是一种塑胶, 但外观仿制得像铁。

词形变化

名词: imitator | 动词过去式: imitated | 动词过去分词: imitated | 动词现在分词: imitating | 动词第三人称单数: imitates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.模仿; 仿效; 仿制

follow  trace  copy  duplicate  counterfeit  impersonate  mimic  mock  repeat  mirror  reflect  echo  emulate  act like  

同义参见:

reproduce  parrot  parallel  monkey  

反义:

vt.模仿; 仿效; 伪造

create  invent  

英英释义

动词 imitate:

reproduce someone's behavior or looks

同义词：copy, simulate

appear like, as in behavior or appearance

make a reproduction or copy of

补充

imitateimitate英:[ˈimiteit] 美:[ˈɪmɪˌtet]vt.1.模仿James can imitate his father perfectly.詹姆斯能逼真地模仿他父亲。2.把…作为例子You should imitate her way of doing things.你应该效法她做事的方式。

例句

1. The party will lose its identity if it tries to imitate the Socialists.如果该党试图仿效社会党人, 它就会失去自己的本色。 2. Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again.克拉伦斯又龇牙咧嘴地学起了上校的怪相。 3. Aristotle said the artist should imitate nature.亚里士多德说艺术家应当再现自然。 4. She also reported that the child was beginning to imitate sounds.她还报告说, 孩子已经开始学着依样发音了。 5. Does TV imitate life, or does life imitate TV?是电视像生活呢, 还是生活像电视？ 6. He can imitate the cries of birds.他能模仿鸟叫。 7. Children always imitate the example of adults.孩子总是效仿成年人。 8. People imitate diamonds with crystal.人们用水晶仿造钻石。 9. his style was imitated by many other writers.他的风格为其他许多作家模仿。 10. she imitated my Scots accent.她模仿我的苏格兰口音。 11. synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber.合成材质现在能仿制从丝绸到橡胶的所有材料。 12. Small children learn by imitating their parents.小孩子的学习方法就是模仿父母。 13. She could imitate her mother perfectly.她学起她妈妈来倒是维妙维肖。 14. Their competitors soon imitated [=copied] the idea.他们的竞争者很快就仿效了这个点子。 15. Her style has been imitated by many other writers.她的写作风格已被许多作家仿效。 16. She's always imitating [=copying] her older sister.她总是学她姐姐的样。 17. He's very good at imitating his father's voice.他非常善于模仿他父亲的声音。 18. She can imitate the calls of many different birds.她能模仿很多不同的鸟鸣声。 19. His style of directing has spawned/inspired a number of imitators.他的导演风格催生/激励了许多效仿者。