imitate
英 ['ɪmɪteɪt]
美 ['ɪmɪtet]
CET4 TEM4 IELTS 考 研 TOEFL CET6
1. i m it => I'm it，我就是他.
imitate 模仿来自拉丁语imitari,复制，模仿，来自PIE*aim,复制，模仿，词源同emulate,image.
- imitate
- imitate: [16] Latin imitāri meant ‘make a copy of’. It was formed from the base *im-, which also lies behind the Latin ancestors of English emulate [16] and image; all three words share the basic meaning element ‘likeness’. English acquired the word via the Latin past participle imitātus.
=> emulate, image - imitate (v.)
- 1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan.
- 1. He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.
- 他能模仿大多数自己崇拜的偶像的讲话和写作风格。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
- 我会拿她的衣着开玩笑，并模仿她说话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences.
- 有些鹦鹉能模仿(人的)声音,还能学人说一些单词和句子.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. James can imitate his father perfectly.
- 詹姆斯能逼真地模仿他父亲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. You should imitate her way of doing things.
- 你应该效法她做事的方式.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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