simulate
verb- simulate something
to create particular conditions that exist in real life using computers, models, etc., usually for study or training purposes (用計算機或模型等)模拟 Computer software can be used to simulate conditions on the seabed. 計算機軟件可用於模拟海底狀況。 Role-playing is a useful way of simulating real-life situations. 角色扮演是模拟現實生活情景的一種有用方式。 The device simulates conditions in space quite closely. 這種裝置逼真地模拟了太空中的環境。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- be designed to
- be used to
- try to
- …
- simulate something
to be made to look like something else 模仿;冒充 a gas heater that simulates a coal fire 模仿煤爐的煤氣暖爐
- simulate something
to pretend that you have a particular feeling synonym feign假裝;冒充;裝作
Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as simulation): from Latin simulat- ‘copied, represented’, from the verb simulare, from similis ‘like’.