動詞 imitate:

1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks
   同義詞：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.
   他們看著電視里的快步舞并且試圖模仿。
2. You should imitate great and good people.
   你應仿效偉大善良的人。
3. He can imitate his teacher perfectly.
   他能維妙維肖地模仿他的老師。

im.i.tate

v.tr.（及物動詞）
im.i.tat.ed,im.i.tat.ing,im.i.tates
To use or follow as a model.
仿效，效法：當作一個模范來使用或追隨

To copy the actions, appearance, mannerisms, or speech of; mimic:
模仿：照搬某人的動作、容貌、特殊習慣和講話；模擬：
例句：
amused friends by imitating the teachers.
模仿老師來取悅逗樂朋友

To copy or use the style of:
模仿或運用…的風格：
例句：
brushwork that imitates Rembrandt.
模仿倫勃朗的繪畫

To copy exactly; reproduce.
精確地復制；仿制
To appear like; resemble.
像；類似

來源：
Latin imit3ro imit3t-
拉丁語 imit3ro imit3t-

【引伸】
im.ita.tor
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>imitate,copy,mimic,ape,parody,simulateThese verbs mean to follow something or someone taken as a model. To
這些動詞的意思是仿效作為典范的某物或某人。
imitate is to act like or follow a pattern or style set by another:
imitate 是象或按照其他人設立的方式或風格去做：
例句：
The adults drank their tea in a ceremonious manner, and the children imitated them.
大人們客套地喝著茶，孩子們模仿著他們。

例句：
The decorator had the wood paneling painted to imitate marble.
油漆工油漆了木質鑲板來模仿大理石。

例句：
.Art imitates Nature. (Richard Franck).Tocopy is to duplicate an original as precisely as possible:
.藝術模仿自然. （理查德·弗蘭克）。copy 是盡可能精確地復制原作：

例句：
tried to copy her cultivated accent;
盡力地模仿她優(yōu)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:
一座再現(xiàn)新古典主義建筑風格但沒有照搬的建筑物。 mimic 是對他人的動作，話語或特殊習慣等作相近的模仿， 經常是為了取笑：

例句：
.fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade/Of palm and plaintain. (John Keats).
.新刻的雪松，好似平地/棕櫚又好似平原. （約翰·濟慈）。

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:
私下里那個候選人模仿著對手的口吃。 ape 是奴隸似的仿照別人的指導， 但經常產生荒唐的結果：

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 精神狀態(tài)并不是來自對外國文化的仿照. （約翰·羅素）。parody 或者是滑稽地模仿或者是嚴肅認真地模仿但失敗了：

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:
.所有特點 已經被他的崇拜者所仿效并被他的攻擊者所嘲弄地模仿了. （麥考萊）。simulate 是假裝某物的表象或特征：

例句：
.I . . . lay there simulating death. (W.H. Hudson).
.我…躺在那兒，假裝死了. (W·H·哈得孫）