imitation
Từ điển Collocation
imitation noun
1 copy of a thing
ADJ. accurate, good, passable | cheap, crude, pale, poor Accept no cheap imitations of our product! Their version of jazz funk is a pale imitation of the real thing.
2 act of copying sth
ADJ. faithful, slavish | direct Children are seen as learning to write by direct imitation of adult models.
PREP. in ~ of The poems, some in imitation of Ossian, are graceful if unremarkable.
3 copy of sb's speech/behaviour
ADJ. fair, good, passable | poor
VERB + IMITATION do, give, perform He does a very good imitation of George W. Bush.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
- a copy that is represented as the original; counterfeit, forgery
- copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; caricature, impersonation
adj.
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; fake, false, faux, simulated
it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur
faux pearls
false teeth
decorated with imitation palm leaves
a purse of simulated alligator hide
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
imitations
ant.: invention
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