imitating
present participle ofimitate
| 单词 | imitating |
| 释义 | imitating present participle ofimitate imitate verb[T] uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.teɪt/us/ˈɪm.ə.teɪt/C1 tobehavein asimilarway to someone or somethingelse, or tocopythespeechorbehaviour, etc. of someone or something: Some of theyoungerpopbandstryto imitatetheirmusicalheroesfrom the past. Theyproduceartificialchemicalswhichexactlyimitateparticularnaturalones. Copying and copies
Examplesofimitatingimitating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. By the same logic, groups that do not adopt appropriate rules, whether by inventing or byimitatingthem, are likely to decline. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, we focus on the task of grasping a book byimitatinghuman movements. From theCambridge English Corpus Candidates include response to corruption scandals andimitatinga seemingly successful foreign example. From theCambridge English Corpus If the call already existed in the "imitating" animal's repertoire, the animal may have produced the call for reasons other than imitation. From theCambridge English Corpus It may be the case that the diffusion of privatisation was the result merely ofimitatingthe policies of others and their fads and fashions. From theCambridge English Corpus A simple mechanism could explain how one differentiates activity caused by looking at one's self, another personimitatingyou, or just another person. From theCambridge English Corpus Expert systems originated in the 1970s as computer programs capable ofimitatinghuman experts and even substituting them when necessary. From theCambridge English Corpus Soon, however, they became synchronized - mutually musically responsive, they looked at one another, sometimes matching rhythms played on different instruments, sometimesimitating. From theCambridge English Corpus Imitatinggestures and manipulating a manikin - the representation on the human body in ideomotor apraxia. From theCambridge English Corpus Pairs of agents interact by producing andimitatingsounds. From theCambridge English Corpus Afterimitatingthe sound, the children were asked to select the letter that was the best spelling of the sound. From theCambridge English Corpus Mysterious moon at work love that is, sweetheart,imitatingthe sounds of nature. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes, however, repetition is acceptable (especially whenimitatingthe sound of bells and trumpets). From theCambridge English Corpus There was no question of silly imitations of unworthy subjects, since the harmonica could imitate the one thing that was worthimitating: the human voice. From theCambridge English Corpus We predict that fewer cognitive resources will be necessary inimitatingsentences with predictable direct objects compared to those with unpredictable direct objects. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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