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im·i·tate AHD[ĭmʹĭ-tāt'] D.J.[ˈɪmɪˌteɪt]K.K.[ˈɪmɪˌtet]v.tr.（及物动词）im.i.tat.ed, im.i.tat.ing, im.i.tates - To use or follow as a model.仿效，效法：当作一个模范来使用或追随
- To copy the actions, appearance, mannerisms, or speech of; mimic:模仿：照搬某人的动作、容貌、特殊习惯和讲话；模拟：amused friends by imitating the teachers.模仿老师来取悦逗乐朋友
- To copy or use the style of:模仿或运用…的风格：brushwork that imitates Rembrandt.模仿伦勃朗的绘画
- To copy exactly; reproduce.精确地复制；仿制
- To appear like; resemble.像；类似
- Latin imitārī imitāt- 拉丁语 imitārī imitāt-
imʹita'tor n.（名词）imitate, copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate- These verbs mean to follow something or someone taken as a model. To这些动词的意思是仿效作为典范的某物或某人。
- imitate is to act like or follow a pattern or style set by another: imitate 是象或按照其他人设立的方式或风格去做： The adults drank their tea in a ceremonious manner, and the children imitated them.大人们客套地喝着茶，孩子们模仿着他们。The decorator had the wood paneling painted to imitate marble.油漆工油漆了木质镶板来模仿大理石。"Art imitates Nature" (Richard Franck).Tocopy is to duplicate an original as precisely as possible: “艺术模仿自然” （理查德·弗兰克）。copy 是尽可能精确地复制原作： tried to copy her cultivated accent;尽力地模仿她优雅的口音；a building that evokes the neoclassic style of architecture without copying it. Tomimic is to make a close imitation, as of another's actions, speech, or mannerisms, often with an intent to ridicule: 一座再现新古典主义建筑风格但没有照搬的建筑物。 mimic 是对他人的动作，话语或特殊习惯等作相近的模仿， 经常是为了取笑： "fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade/Of palm and plaintain" (John Keats). “新刻的雪松，好似平地/棕榈又好似平原” （约翰·济慈）。 In private the candidate mimicked his opponent's stammer. Toape is to follow another's lead slavishly but often with an absurd result: 私下里那个候选人模仿着对手的口吃。 ape 是奴隶似的仿照别人的指导， 但经常产生荒唐的结果： "Those [superior] states of mind do not come from aping an alien culture" (John Russell).Toparody is either to imitate with comic effect or to attempt a serious imitation and fail: “那些 精神状态并不是来自对外国文化的仿照” （约翰·罗素）。parody 或者是滑稽地模仿或者是严肃认真地模仿但失败了： "All these peculiarities [of Samuel Johnson's literary style] have been imitated by his admirers and parodied by his assailants" (Macaulay).Tosimulate is to feign or falsely assume the appearance or character of something: “所有特点 已经被他的崇拜者所仿效并被他的攻击者所嘲弄地模仿了” （麦考莱）。simulate 是假装某物的表象或特征： "I . . . lay there simulating death" (W.H. Hudson).“我…躺在那儿，假装死了” (W·H·哈得孙）
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