du·pli·cate
verb/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/
/ˈduːplɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they duplicate | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it duplicates | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪts/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple duplicated | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle duplicated | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form duplicating | /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈduːplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] duplicate something to make an exact copy of something
复制；复印；复写 - Please keep the duplicated form and send us the original.
请保留表格的副本，把正本寄给我们。 - This is a natural look which you can easily duplicate at home.
这是很自然的样式，你可以很容易地在家里复制。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
- Please keep the duplicated form and send us the original.
- duplicate something to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary
（尤指不必要时）重复，再做一次 - There's no point in duplicating work already done.
重复别人已经做过的工作毫无意义。 - The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated.
最初的实验不能精确地重现。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- exactly
- simply
- easily
- …
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- delegate
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- export
- extract
- graduate
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- moderate
- object
- permit
- present
- protest
- record
- refund
- refuse
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- suspect
- survey
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- There's no point in duplicating work already done.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having two corresponding parts’): from Latin duplicat- ‘doubled’, from the verb duplicare, from duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.