imitated
imitated — 動詞
- imitatedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- imitateds3rd person singular
- imitateding-ing form
- imitatededpast simple
1. To copy the way a person speaks, moves, or acts, often in order to learn a skill
模仿
仿效某人的言行或動作
To copy the way a person speaks, moves, or acts, often in order to learn a skill or to make people laugh.
Young children often imitate the gestures of their parents without realizing it.
幼兒經常在不自覺的情況下模仿父母的手勢。
imitate + noun phrase (gestures of parents)
The comedian imitated the president's voice perfectly during the show.
那位喜劇演員在節目中完美地模仿了總統的說話方式。
collocation: imitate someone's voice
Some parrots can imitate human speech with surprising accuracy.
有些鸚鵡能以驚人的準確度模仿人類說話。
A young guitarist spent months trying to imitate the playing style of her favourite musician.
一位年輕的吉他手花了好幾個月，試圖模仿她最喜愛音樂家的彈奏風格。
The dance instructor asked the class to imitate each movement she made.
舞蹈老師要求全班模仿她做的每一個動作。
- originate
To create something new rather than copying
文法句型
imitate + noun phrase (the person, sound, or action being copied)
用法筆記
The object of this sense is usually a person's voice, style, gestures, or behaviour. The verb is transitive, so it must be followed directly by the object without a preposition.
常見錯誤
2. To have a natural appearance or quality that is similar to another thing, withou
近似
外觀或特質上自然相似
To have a natural appearance or quality that is similar to another thing, without any deliberate act of copying.
The pattern on the butterfly's wings imitates the eyes of a much larger animal.
蝴蝶翅膀上的花紋近似大型動物的眼睛。
inanimate subject + imitates
This synthetic fabric is designed to imitate the feel of real leather.
這種合成布料經過設計，近似真皮的觸感。
passive: be designed to imitate
The building's modern design imitates the shape of a traditional sailing boat.
這棟建築的現代設計近似傳統帆船的形狀。
Some plastic products are made to imitate the colour and feel of natural stone.
有些塑膠產品的質感和顏色做得跟天然石材很相似。
The bird's song imitates the ringing sound of a telephone.
這種鳥的叫聲近似電話的鈴響聲。
- differ from
To be unlike or have a different appearance
文法句型
imitate + noun phrase (the thing being resembled)
用法筆記
The subject of this sense is typically an inanimate thing (nature, a product, a design) rather than a person acting deliberately. The resemblance happens by design or by nature, not by choice.
常見錯誤
3. To produce a version of something that is almost exactly the same as the origina
仿製
複製出與原作幾乎相同的版本
To produce a version of something that is almost exactly the same as the original, such as a document, a piece of art, or an object.
The museum lets visitors imitate the paintings using only pencil and paper.
博物館允許訪客只用鉛筆和紙來臨摹畫作。
imitate + art object
Early printers imitated handwritten pages so that books could reach more readers.
早期的印刷業者仿製手寫書頁，讓書籍能傳遞給更多讀者。
The machine imitates the shape of any key from a simple photograph.
這台機器可以根據一張簡單的照片複製出任何鑰匙的形狀。
The copy perfectly imitated the artist's painting style and fooled many experts.
這幅複製品完美地仿製了那位畫家的風格，騙過了不少專家。
A good translation should imitate the rhythm and feeling of the original text.
好的翻譯應該模仿原文的節奏和感覺。
文法句型
imitate + noun phrase (the object being reproduced)
用法筆記
This sense emphasises the outcome — the produced copy — rather than the act of mimicking behaviour. It overlaps with 'reproduce', though 'imitate' can allow small differences while 'reproduce' suggests exactness.