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the way in which the real world and human behaviour is represented in art or literature （文学艺术创作中的）模拟，模仿 - (specialist)
the fact of a particular social group changing their behaviour by copying the behaviour of another social group （社会团体之间的）行为模仿 - (
biology 生物 the fact of a plant or animal developing a similar appearance to another plant or animal （生物的）拟态 - (
medical 医学 the fact of a set of symptoms suggesting that somebody has a particular disease, when in fact that person has a different disease or none 疾病模仿
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Greek mimēsis, from mimeisthai ‘to imitate’.