imitate

verb

/ˈɪmɪteɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they imitate	/ˈɪmɪteɪt/ /ˈɪmɪteɪt/
he / she / it imitates	/ˈɪmɪteɪts/ /ˈɪmɪteɪts/
past simple imitated	/ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/
past participle imitated	/ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form imitating	/ˈɪmɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪmɪteɪtɪŋ/

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imitate somebody/something to copy somebody/something模仿；仿效
- Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists.她的绘画风格为其他画家所模仿。
- Art imitates Nature.艺术是对大自然的仿制。
- Teachers provide a model for children to imitate.教师是孩子仿效的典范。
- No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain.任何计算机都无法模拟人脑的复杂功能。
- Dolphins learn to imitate sounds very accurately and quickly.海豚学习非常准确和快速地模仿声音。
imitate somebody to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to make people laugh模仿（某人的讲话、举止）；作滑稽模仿 synonym mimic
- She knew that the girls used to imitate her and laugh at her behind her back.她知道那些女孩子过去常在背地里模仿她、嘲笑她。
- He tried to imitate my Scots accent and we both laughed.他试着模仿我的苏格兰口音，结果我俩都大笑起来。

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin imitat- ‘copied’, from the verb imitari; related to imago ‘image’.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7650 COCA: 6150

imitate verb
⇨ follow 4 (provide a model for children to imitate) ⇨ pose (imitate sb's accent)

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7650 COCA: 6150

imitate