copying or following a model or example 模仿的 the derring-do of our film heroes inspired us to imitative feats. 我们电影里主角们的大胆激发了我们的模仿本领。 ■following a model or example without any attempt at originality 缺乏原创性的 an ill-conceived and imitative addition to the museum. 既欠考虑又缺乏原创性的博物馆扩建。
(of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way that is thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob) (单词)摹声(摹拟自然音,如fizz,或摹拟其表现、特性,如blob)的
派生 imitatively adverb imitativeness noun 语源
late 16th cent.: from late Latin imitativus, from the verb imitari (see imitate)