Imitate

(verb.) make a reproduction or copy of.

(verb.) reproduce someone's behavior or looks; 'The mime imitated the passers-by'; 'Children often copy their parents or older siblings'.

(verb.) appear like, as in behavior or appearance; 'Life imitate art'.

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• The young would imitate their elders in this task. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For the object of democracy is not to imitate the rhythm of the stars but to harness political power to the nation's need. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And this is equally true of imitation; no one man can imitate many things as well as he would imitate a single one? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Naturally enough what he tried to do was to imitate the action of the hand in sewing. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I allude to the wonderful manner in which certain butterflies imitate, as first described by Mr. Bates, other and quite distinct species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• According to this theory, social control of individuals rests upon the instinctive tendency of individuals to imitate or copy the actions of others. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Endeavouring to imitate the voice of an old duenna, Argyle begged to know who was at the door. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Can a man help imitating that with which he holds reverential converse? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Ellsworth possessed in a remarkable degree the skill of imitating these peculiarities, and thus he deceived the Union operators easily. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Looked at from without, they might be said to be engaged in imitating one another. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Then he said, It's not respectful, sir, of you younkers to be imitating of your relations. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I don't k-n-o-w t-h-a-t, I rejoined, imitating Meyler. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• So, then, said Eliza, imitating the motion,--and I must stamp, and take long steps, and try to look saucy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He gave me a lesson: I diligently imitated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He imitated the action of a man's being impelled forward by the butt-ends of muskets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Here Mr. Muzzle, who had a great notion of his eloquence, in which he imitated his master, paused for a reply. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The institution soon manifested its utility; was imitated by other towns and in other provinces. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• He imitated it, evidently from the direction of a letter, and asked me what it meant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I had had no intercourse with the world at that time, and I imitated none of its many inhabitants who act in this manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Such a character of God, if not ridiculed by our young men, is likely to be imitated by them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And he imitates the means because he wishes, on his own behalf, as part of his own initiative, to take an effective part in the game. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It always seems curious to watch the satisfaction of some reform magazines when China or Turkey or Persia imitates the constitutional forms of Western democracies. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If he closely imitates the narratives which he has before rendered successful, he is doomed to wonder that they please no more. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He imitates the means of doing, not the end or thing to be done. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Thus far then we are pretty well agreed that the imitator has no knowledge worth mentioning of what he imitates. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The mockers and mocked always inhabit the same region; we never find an imitator living remote from the form which it imitates. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The painter imitates not the original bed, but the bed made by the carpenter. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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