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imitation

英 [ɪmɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɪmɪ'teʃən]
  • n. 模仿,仿造;仿制品
  • adj. 人造的,仿制的

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中文词源


imitation 仿制品

来自imitate,模仿。引申词义模仿品,仿制品。

词态变化


复数: imitations;

双语例句


1. He gave his imitation of Queen Elizabeth's royal wave.
他模仿伊丽莎白女王挥手致意。

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2. It's not real leather; it's only an imitation.
那不是真皮, 只不过是仿制品.

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3. Young children learn how to speak by imitation.
儿童通过模仿学说话.

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4. This is a real pearl, not an imitation.
这是真的珍珠, 不是仿制品.

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5. The imitation hardly matches up to the original.
这个仿制品简直不能同原件相比.

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英文词源


imitation (n.)
c. 1400, "emulation; act of copying," from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitationem (nominative imitatio) "a copying, imitation," from past participle stem of imitari "to copy, portray, imitate," from PIE *im-eto-, from root *aim- "copy" (cognates: Hittite himma- "imitation, substitute"). Meaning "an artificial likeness" is from c. 1600. As an adjective, from 1840.