imitate

动词 imitate:

1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks
   同义词：copy, simulate
2. appear like, as in behavior or appearance
3. make a reproduction or copy of

1. They watched jig on TV and tried to imitate.
   他们看着电视里的快步舞并且试图模仿。
2. You should imitate great and good people.
   你应仿效伟大善良的人。
3. He can imitate his teacher perfectly.
   他能维妙维肖地模仿他的老师。

im.i.tate

v.tr.（及物动词）
im.i.tat.ed,im.i.tat.ing,im.i.tates
To use or follow as a model.
仿效，效法：当作一个模范来使用或追随

To copy the actions, appearance, mannerisms, or speech of; mimic:
模仿：照搬某人的动作、容貌、特殊习惯和讲话；模拟：
例句：
amused friends by imitating the teachers.
模仿老师来取悦逗乐朋友

To copy or use the style of:
模仿或运用…的风格：
例句：
brushwork that imitates Rembrandt.
模仿伦勃朗的绘画

To copy exactly; reproduce.
精确地复制；仿制
To appear like; resemble.
像；类似

来源：
Latin imit3ro imit3t-
拉丁语 imit3ro imit3t-

【引伸】
im.ita.tor
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>imitate,copy,mimic,ape,parody,simulateThese verbs mean to follow something or someone taken as a model. To
这些动词的意思是仿效作为典范的某物或某人。
imitate is to act like or follow a pattern or style set by another:
imitate 是象或按照其他人设立的方式或风格去做：
例句：
The adults drank their tea in a ceremonious manner, and the children imitated them.
大人们客套地喝着茶，孩子们模仿着他们。

例句：
The decorator had the wood paneling painted to imitate marble.
油漆工油漆了木质镶板来模仿大理石。

例句：
.Art imitates Nature. (Richard Franck).Tocopy is to duplicate an original as precisely as possible:
.艺术模仿自然. （理查德·弗兰克）。copy 是尽可能精确地复制原作：

例句：
tried to copy her cultivated accent;
尽力地模仿她优雅的口音；

例句：
a building that evokes the neoclassic style of architecture without copying it. Tomimic is to make a close imitation, as of another`s actions, speech, or mannerisms, often with an intent to ridicule:
一座再现新古典主义建筑风格但没有照搬的建筑物。 mimic 是对他人的动作，话语或特殊习惯等作相近的模仿， 经常是为了取笑：

例句：
.fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade/Of palm and plaintain. (John Keats).
.新刻的雪松，好似平地/棕榈又好似平原. （约翰·济慈）。

例句：
In private the candidate mimicked his opponent`s stammer. Toape is to follow another`s lead slavishly but often with an absurd result:
私下里那个候选人模仿着对手的口吃。 ape 是奴隶似的仿照别人的指导， 但经常产生荒唐的结果：

例句：
.Those [superior] states of mind do not come from aping an alien culture. (John Russell).Toparody is either to imitate with comic effect or to attempt a serious imitation and fail:
.那些 精神状态并不是来自对外国文化的仿照. （约翰·罗素）。parody 或者是滑稽地模仿或者是严肃认真地模仿但失败了：

例句：
.All these peculiarities [of Samuel Johnson`s literary style] have been imitated by his admirers and parodied by his assailants. (Macaulay).Tosimulate is to feign or falsely assume the appearance or character of something:
.所有特点 已经被他的崇拜者所仿效并被他的攻击者所嘲弄地模仿了. （麦考莱）。simulate 是假装某物的表象或特征：

例句：
.I . . . lay there simulating death. (W.H. Hudson).
.我…躺在那儿，假装死了. (W·H·哈得孙）