Definition of imitation in English:

imitation

noun ɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɪməˈteɪʃ(ə)n

1mass noun The action of using someone or something as a model.
模仿
a child learns to speak by imitation
儿童通过模仿学习说话。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a difference, he observes, between intelligent decentralized decisionmaking and slavish imitation.
- The popularity of this model of imitation is reflected in the various metaphors that Renaissance and Baroque authors generated to describe the process.
- Mimicry is imitation and imitation is the best form of flattery.
- These actions are then imitated, because imitation is both common to and necessary for the species, and this leads to the behaviour spreading.
- His theory of music was an unbridled acceptance of realism - the imitation of nature in myriad ways.
- If ruthlessness is allowed to triumph on the island, it will spawn imitations elsewhere.
- The imitation of classical models was less common than on the Continent and, except for Jonson, no important writer paid strict attention to the rules humanist critics had formulated.
- Humans learn to speak by imitation, and are astonishingly good at it.
- In the imitation of nature, as in nature itself, balance is important.
- Obedience cannot, moreover, be a matter for isolated preoccupation, in the search for models for our imitation.
- The deliberate imitation of classical models was a central part of the English grammar-school education.
- We now have running turf wars by vested interests which place the welfare of the patient and the accession to treatment at the bottom of the system in supine imitation of the British model.
- They're used in imitation and imitation is a crucial part of being able to build a model that allows us to anticipate what somebody else would do in a certain circumstance.
- The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
- Repeatedly, he stressed that the imitation of general nature was the highest aim of art.
- His works have inspired countless imitations the world over.
- Aristotle asserted the value of poetry by focusing on imitation rather than rhetoric.
- I've seen no convincing evidence of any slavish imitation, at least until now.
- Is the model a worthy or deserving target of prankish imitation?
- Genuinely angry, our model imitator and model for imitation copies the rhetorical form naturally used by angry men.
Synonyms
emulation, copying, following, echoing, parroting
1. 1.1 An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect.
  （尤指为开玩笑，对他人言行的）模仿
  he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent
  他试图对我的英国口音进行难听极了的模仿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In fact, it would be just as effectual as the sight of Em's leprechaun imitation.
  His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader.
  His rare attempts at communication are through imitation and usually in only one or two words.
  Here he employs an improbably effective Paul Lynde imitation for much of his delivery.
  In his show he exploited a talent for mimicry that manifested itself in a Moira Anderson imitation when he was seven, and then in wicked parodies of his teachers.
  Sophia changed her voice in imitation of my father.
  ‘Uh, eating my breakfast,’ I replied in my own imitation of her snooty voice.
  ‘Like, duh,’ I rolled my eyes in a valley girl imitation, flipping my hair for good effect.
  Carissa clapped her hands together in an accurate imitation for effect.
  Synonyms
  impersonation, impression, parody, mockery, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche
  mimicry, mimicking, imitating, aping, mocking
  informal send-up, take-off, spoof
2. 1.2Music mass noun The repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch.
  〔乐〕（常为不同音高下的）乐句重复
  Example sentencesExamples
  One could consider this a contrapuntal jeu d' esprit, with rapid lines of imitation and stretto, but for its character of psychological unease.
  Parker's setting are starker, more monumental, more dependent on modes, open fifths, and contrapuntal imitation.
  He relished the opportunities inherent in the imitative style, especially what happens when imitation is allowed to lose its usually rigid tonal control.
  The piece has imitation throughout, and the two piano parts are evenly dispersed thematically and in difficulty level.
  In this early work, moreover, Crawford still relies on traditional phrasing and contrapuntal imitation, so the listener has that rock to hold on to.
2A thing intended to simulate or copy something else.
仿制品，伪造物，赝品
as modifier an imitation sub-machine gun
一把仿冲锋枪。
Example sentencesExamples
- He was searched and a blue plastic imitation handgun costing £1.50 was found in his tracksuit pocket.
- Oh you studied creatures, you flimsy confections of powder and resin, set in tinsel and imitation leather!
- These works are often replicas or imitations of ancient Greek and Roman art.
- In one robbery, the gang used an imitation firearm to threaten their victims.
- Sometimes one products hits, and there's money to be made off of imitations and homologues.
- We've seen these tubs framed in to make poor imitations of modern tubs.
- A jacket made of black imitation leather was preventing the midnight chill.
- Some of the fish used is even cooked, like imitation crab and eel.
- It means even drinkers of cheap imitations of champagne pay an extra 50p a bottle.
- We are told the police may shoot people carrying imitation guns by mistake.
- Make sure that you're buying the real thing and not a cheap imitation.
- Painted imitations were a cheap and easy version of this complex and expensive art form.
- Without such protection, cheap imitations of your products can quickly eat up profits.
- Devices designed to distinguish between diamond and imitations rely on these properties.
- Surely, there could be imitations and really good reproductions, but these cannot be considered original art.
- Officers will distribute posters and leaflets about the dangers of selling and using imitation weapons.
- The chairs were tailored with cheap imitation leather and had many slits.
- People should not take imitation weapons to an international airport hotel and leave them lying around unattended.
- This one was definitely real, not the cheap imitations the tourists go to.
- Five imitation handguns including a fake M16 machine gun and four fake handguns were also seized during the swoop.
Synonyms
copy, simulation, reproduction, replica
counterfeit, forgery, fake

Phrases

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

proverb Copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment.
〈谚〉模仿是最真挚的恭维
Example sentencesExamples
- Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- But, hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?
- The seed of the disaster book boom may have been planted by the success of the late '90s hits ‘In Thin Air’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ - as you know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Nor does he now think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Like I said, I've been trying not to completely copy from her, but as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then all the celebrity yogis of Manhattan and Beverly Hills prove that they are definitely enamored of India.
- However, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; when I met the director he said ‘do you mind if I call you God?’
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then this is an exceptionally sincere film.
- Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - unless the imitator, dressed in sequins and feathers, belts out mutated lyrics to songs you made famous.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate).

image from Middle English:
The word image goes back to Latin imago ‘imitation, likeness, idea’, also behind imitation (Late Middle English). Imagine (Middle English) is closely related, coming from a combination of Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself ’.

Definition of imitation in US English:

imitation

nounˌiməˈtāSH(ə)nˌɪməˈteɪʃ(ə)n

1The action of using someone or something as a model.
模仿
a child learns to speak by imitation
儿童通过模仿学习说话。
Example sentencesExamples
- The imitation of classical models was less common than on the Continent and, except for Jonson, no important writer paid strict attention to the rules humanist critics had formulated.
- Is the model a worthy or deserving target of prankish imitation?
- If ruthlessness is allowed to triumph on the island, it will spawn imitations elsewhere.
- The deliberate imitation of classical models was a central part of the English grammar-school education.
- They're used in imitation and imitation is a crucial part of being able to build a model that allows us to anticipate what somebody else would do in a certain circumstance.
- Humans learn to speak by imitation, and are astonishingly good at it.
- His works have inspired countless imitations the world over.
- There is a difference, he observes, between intelligent decentralized decisionmaking and slavish imitation.
- The popularity of this model of imitation is reflected in the various metaphors that Renaissance and Baroque authors generated to describe the process.
- Genuinely angry, our model imitator and model for imitation copies the rhetorical form naturally used by angry men.
- Aristotle asserted the value of poetry by focusing on imitation rather than rhetoric.
- Mimicry is imitation and imitation is the best form of flattery.
- Repeatedly, he stressed that the imitation of general nature was the highest aim of art.
- These actions are then imitated, because imitation is both common to and necessary for the species, and this leads to the behaviour spreading.
- In the imitation of nature, as in nature itself, balance is important.
- We now have running turf wars by vested interests which place the welfare of the patient and the accession to treatment at the bottom of the system in supine imitation of the British model.
- I've seen no convincing evidence of any slavish imitation, at least until now.
- His theory of music was an unbridled acceptance of realism - the imitation of nature in myriad ways.
- Obedience cannot, moreover, be a matter for isolated preoccupation, in the search for models for our imitation.
- The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
Synonyms
emulation, copying, following, echoing, parroting
1. 1.1 An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect.
  （尤指为开玩笑，对他人言行的）模仿
  he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent
  他试图对我的英国口音进行难听极了的模仿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In fact, it would be just as effectual as the sight of Em's leprechaun imitation.
  Sophia changed her voice in imitation of my father.
  ‘Like, duh,’ I rolled my eyes in a valley girl imitation, flipping my hair for good effect.
  Carissa clapped her hands together in an accurate imitation for effect.
  His rare attempts at communication are through imitation and usually in only one or two words.
  In his show he exploited a talent for mimicry that manifested itself in a Moira Anderson imitation when he was seven, and then in wicked parodies of his teachers.
  His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader.
  Here he employs an improbably effective Paul Lynde imitation for much of his delivery.
  ‘Uh, eating my breakfast,’ I replied in my own imitation of her snooty voice.
  Synonyms
  impersonation, impression, parody, mockery, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche
2. 1.2Music The repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch.
  〔乐〕（常为不同音高下的）乐句重复
  Example sentencesExamples
  One could consider this a contrapuntal jeu d' esprit, with rapid lines of imitation and stretto, but for its character of psychological unease.
  He relished the opportunities inherent in the imitative style, especially what happens when imitation is allowed to lose its usually rigid tonal control.
  Parker's setting are starker, more monumental, more dependent on modes, open fifths, and contrapuntal imitation.
  The piece has imitation throughout, and the two piano parts are evenly dispersed thematically and in difficulty level.
  In this early work, moreover, Crawford still relies on traditional phrasing and contrapuntal imitation, so the listener has that rock to hold on to.
2A thing intended to simulate or copy something else.
仿制品，伪造物，赝品
as modifier an imitation diamond
Example sentencesExamples
- Five imitation handguns including a fake M16 machine gun and four fake handguns were also seized during the swoop.
- Surely, there could be imitations and really good reproductions, but these cannot be considered original art.
- He was searched and a blue plastic imitation handgun costing £1.50 was found in his tracksuit pocket.
- Sometimes one products hits, and there's money to be made off of imitations and homologues.
- Oh you studied creatures, you flimsy confections of powder and resin, set in tinsel and imitation leather!
- People should not take imitation weapons to an international airport hotel and leave them lying around unattended.
- Painted imitations were a cheap and easy version of this complex and expensive art form.
- Without such protection, cheap imitations of your products can quickly eat up profits.
- Devices designed to distinguish between diamond and imitations rely on these properties.
- Officers will distribute posters and leaflets about the dangers of selling and using imitation weapons.
- We are told the police may shoot people carrying imitation guns by mistake.
- This one was definitely real, not the cheap imitations the tourists go to.
- These works are often replicas or imitations of ancient Greek and Roman art.
- A jacket made of black imitation leather was preventing the midnight chill.
- We've seen these tubs framed in to make poor imitations of modern tubs.
- Make sure that you're buying the real thing and not a cheap imitation.
- It means even drinkers of cheap imitations of champagne pay an extra 50p a bottle.
- The chairs were tailored with cheap imitation leather and had many slits.
- Some of the fish used is even cooked, like imitation crab and eel.
- In one robbery, the gang used an imitation firearm to threaten their victims.
Synonyms
copy, simulation, reproduction, replica

Phrases

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

proverb Copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment.
〈谚〉模仿是最真挚的恭维
Example sentencesExamples
- Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - unless the imitator, dressed in sequins and feathers, belts out mutated lyrics to songs you made famous.
- Like I said, I've been trying not to completely copy from her, but as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- However, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; when I met the director he said ‘do you mind if I call you God?’
- Nor does he now think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then this is an exceptionally sincere film.
- But, hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?
- After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then all the celebrity yogis of Manhattan and Beverly Hills prove that they are definitely enamored of India.
- The seed of the disaster book boom may have been planted by the success of the late '90s hits ‘In Thin Air’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ - as you know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate).

词汇	imitation
释义	Definition of imitation in English: imitation noun ɪmɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɪməˈteɪʃ(ə)n 1mass noun The action of using someone or something as a model. 模仿 a child learns to speak by imitation 儿童通过模仿学习说话。 Example sentencesExamples There is a difference, he observes, between intelligent decentralized decisionmaking and slavish imitation. The popularity of this model of imitation is reflected in the various metaphors that Renaissance and Baroque authors generated to describe the process. Mimicry is imitation and imitation is the best form of flattery. These actions are then imitated, because imitation is both common to and necessary for the species, and this leads to the behaviour spreading. His theory of music was an unbridled acceptance of realism - the imitation of nature in myriad ways. If ruthlessness is allowed to triumph on the island, it will spawn imitations elsewhere. The imitation of classical models was less common than on the Continent and, except for Jonson, no important writer paid strict attention to the rules humanist critics had formulated. Humans learn to speak by imitation, and are astonishingly good at it. In the imitation of nature, as in nature itself, balance is important. Obedience cannot, moreover, be a matter for isolated preoccupation, in the search for models for our imitation. The deliberate imitation of classical models was a central part of the English grammar-school education. We now have running turf wars by vested interests which place the welfare of the patient and the accession to treatment at the bottom of the system in supine imitation of the British model. They're used in imitation and imitation is a crucial part of being able to build a model that allows us to anticipate what somebody else would do in a certain circumstance. The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it. Repeatedly, he stressed that the imitation of general nature was the highest aim of art. His works have inspired countless imitations the world over. Aristotle asserted the value of poetry by focusing on imitation rather than rhetoric. I've seen no convincing evidence of any slavish imitation, at least until now. Is the model a worthy or deserving target of prankish imitation? Genuinely angry, our model imitator and model for imitation copies the rhetorical form naturally used by angry men. Synonyms emulation, copying, following, echoing, parroting 1.1 An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect. （尤指为开玩笑，对他人言行的）模仿 he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent 他试图对我的英国口音进行难听极了的模仿。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, it would be just as effectual as the sight of Em's leprechaun imitation. His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader. His rare attempts at communication are through imitation and usually in only one or two words. Here he employs an improbably effective Paul Lynde imitation for much of his delivery. In his show he exploited a talent for mimicry that manifested itself in a Moira Anderson imitation when he was seven, and then in wicked parodies of his teachers. Sophia changed her voice in imitation of my father. ‘Uh, eating my breakfast,’ I replied in my own imitation of her snooty voice. ‘Like, duh,’ I rolled my eyes in a valley girl imitation, flipping my hair for good effect. Carissa clapped her hands together in an accurate imitation for effect. Synonyms impersonation, impression, parody, mockery, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche mimicry, mimicking, imitating, aping, mocking informal send-up, take-off, spoof 1.2Music mass noun The repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch. 〔乐〕（常为不同音高下的）乐句重复 Example sentencesExamples One could consider this a contrapuntal jeu d' esprit, with rapid lines of imitation and stretto, but for its character of psychological unease. Parker's setting are starker, more monumental, more dependent on modes, open fifths, and contrapuntal imitation. He relished the opportunities inherent in the imitative style, especially what happens when imitation is allowed to lose its usually rigid tonal control. The piece has imitation throughout, and the two piano parts are evenly dispersed thematically and in difficulty level. In this early work, moreover, Crawford still relies on traditional phrasing and contrapuntal imitation, so the listener has that rock to hold on to. 2A thing intended to simulate or copy something else. 仿制品，伪造物，赝品 as modifier an imitation sub-machine gun 一把仿冲锋枪。 Example sentencesExamples He was searched and a blue plastic imitation handgun costing £1.50 was found in his tracksuit pocket. Oh you studied creatures, you flimsy confections of powder and resin, set in tinsel and imitation leather! These works are often replicas or imitations of ancient Greek and Roman art. In one robbery, the gang used an imitation firearm to threaten their victims. Sometimes one products hits, and there's money to be made off of imitations and homologues. We've seen these tubs framed in to make poor imitations of modern tubs. A jacket made of black imitation leather was preventing the midnight chill. Some of the fish used is even cooked, like imitation crab and eel. It means even drinkers of cheap imitations of champagne pay an extra 50p a bottle. We are told the police may shoot people carrying imitation guns by mistake. Make sure that you're buying the real thing and not a cheap imitation. Painted imitations were a cheap and easy version of this complex and expensive art form. Without such protection, cheap imitations of your products can quickly eat up profits. Devices designed to distinguish between diamond and imitations rely on these properties. Surely, there could be imitations and really good reproductions, but these cannot be considered original art. Officers will distribute posters and leaflets about the dangers of selling and using imitation weapons. The chairs were tailored with cheap imitation leather and had many slits. People should not take imitation weapons to an international airport hotel and leave them lying around unattended. This one was definitely real, not the cheap imitations the tourists go to. Five imitation handguns including a fake M16 machine gun and four fake handguns were also seized during the swoop. Synonyms copy, simulation, reproduction, replica counterfeit, forgery, fake Phrases imitation is the sincerest form of flattery proverb Copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment. 〈谚〉模仿是最真挚的恭维 Example sentencesExamples Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But, hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? The seed of the disaster book boom may have been planted by the success of the late '90s hits ‘In Thin Air’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ - as you know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Nor does he now think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Like I said, I've been trying not to completely copy from her, but as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then all the celebrity yogis of Manhattan and Beverly Hills prove that they are definitely enamored of India. However, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; when I met the director he said ‘do you mind if I call you God?’ If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then this is an exceptionally sincere film. Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - unless the imitator, dressed in sequins and feathers, belts out mutated lyrics to songs you made famous. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate). image from Middle English: The word image goes back to Latin imago ‘imitation, likeness, idea’, also behind imitation (Late Middle English). Imagine (Middle English) is closely related, coming from a combination of Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself ’. noun.1 phr. Definition of imitation in US English: imitation nounˌiməˈtāSH(ə)nˌɪməˈteɪʃ(ə)n 1The action of using someone or something as a model. 模仿 a child learns to speak by imitation 儿童通过模仿学习说话。 Example sentencesExamples The imitation of classical models was less common than on the Continent and, except for Jonson, no important writer paid strict attention to the rules humanist critics had formulated. Is the model a worthy or deserving target of prankish imitation? If ruthlessness is allowed to triumph on the island, it will spawn imitations elsewhere. The deliberate imitation of classical models was a central part of the English grammar-school education. They're used in imitation and imitation is a crucial part of being able to build a model that allows us to anticipate what somebody else would do in a certain circumstance. Humans learn to speak by imitation, and are astonishingly good at it. His works have inspired countless imitations the world over. There is a difference, he observes, between intelligent decentralized decisionmaking and slavish imitation. The popularity of this model of imitation is reflected in the various metaphors that Renaissance and Baroque authors generated to describe the process. Genuinely angry, our model imitator and model for imitation copies the rhetorical form naturally used by angry men. Aristotle asserted the value of poetry by focusing on imitation rather than rhetoric. Mimicry is imitation and imitation is the best form of flattery. Repeatedly, he stressed that the imitation of general nature was the highest aim of art. These actions are then imitated, because imitation is both common to and necessary for the species, and this leads to the behaviour spreading. In the imitation of nature, as in nature itself, balance is important. We now have running turf wars by vested interests which place the welfare of the patient and the accession to treatment at the bottom of the system in supine imitation of the British model. I've seen no convincing evidence of any slavish imitation, at least until now. His theory of music was an unbridled acceptance of realism - the imitation of nature in myriad ways. Obedience cannot, moreover, be a matter for isolated preoccupation, in the search for models for our imitation. The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it. Synonyms emulation, copying, following, echoing, parroting 1.1 An act of imitating a person's speech or mannerisms, especially for comic effect. （尤指为开玩笑，对他人言行的）模仿 he attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent 他试图对我的英国口音进行难听极了的模仿。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, it would be just as effectual as the sight of Em's leprechaun imitation. Sophia changed her voice in imitation of my father. ‘Like, duh,’ I rolled my eyes in a valley girl imitation, flipping my hair for good effect. Carissa clapped her hands together in an accurate imitation for effect. His rare attempts at communication are through imitation and usually in only one or two words. In his show he exploited a talent for mimicry that manifested itself in a Moira Anderson imitation when he was seven, and then in wicked parodies of his teachers. His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader. Here he employs an improbably effective Paul Lynde imitation for much of his delivery. ‘Uh, eating my breakfast,’ I replied in my own imitation of her snooty voice. Synonyms impersonation, impression, parody, mockery, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche 1.2Music The repetition of a phrase or melody in another part or voice, usually at a different pitch. 〔乐〕（常为不同音高下的）乐句重复 Example sentencesExamples One could consider this a contrapuntal jeu d' esprit, with rapid lines of imitation and stretto, but for its character of psychological unease. He relished the opportunities inherent in the imitative style, especially what happens when imitation is allowed to lose its usually rigid tonal control. Parker's setting are starker, more monumental, more dependent on modes, open fifths, and contrapuntal imitation. The piece has imitation throughout, and the two piano parts are evenly dispersed thematically and in difficulty level. In this early work, moreover, Crawford still relies on traditional phrasing and contrapuntal imitation, so the listener has that rock to hold on to. 2A thing intended to simulate or copy something else. 仿制品，伪造物，赝品 as modifier an imitation diamond Example sentencesExamples Five imitation handguns including a fake M16 machine gun and four fake handguns were also seized during the swoop. Surely, there could be imitations and really good reproductions, but these cannot be considered original art. He was searched and a blue plastic imitation handgun costing £1.50 was found in his tracksuit pocket. Sometimes one products hits, and there's money to be made off of imitations and homologues. Oh you studied creatures, you flimsy confections of powder and resin, set in tinsel and imitation leather! People should not take imitation weapons to an international airport hotel and leave them lying around unattended. Painted imitations were a cheap and easy version of this complex and expensive art form. Without such protection, cheap imitations of your products can quickly eat up profits. Devices designed to distinguish between diamond and imitations rely on these properties. Officers will distribute posters and leaflets about the dangers of selling and using imitation weapons. We are told the police may shoot people carrying imitation guns by mistake. This one was definitely real, not the cheap imitations the tourists go to. These works are often replicas or imitations of ancient Greek and Roman art. A jacket made of black imitation leather was preventing the midnight chill. We've seen these tubs framed in to make poor imitations of modern tubs. Make sure that you're buying the real thing and not a cheap imitation. It means even drinkers of cheap imitations of champagne pay an extra 50p a bottle. The chairs were tailored with cheap imitation leather and had many slits. Some of the fish used is even cooked, like imitation crab and eel. In one robbery, the gang used an imitation firearm to threaten their victims. Synonyms copy, simulation, reproduction, replica Phrases imitation is the sincerest form of flattery proverb Copying someone or something is an implicit way of paying them a compliment. 〈谚〉模仿是最真挚的恭维 Example sentencesExamples Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - unless the imitator, dressed in sequins and feathers, belts out mutated lyrics to songs you made famous. Like I said, I've been trying not to completely copy from her, but as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. However, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; when I met the director he said ‘do you mind if I call you God?’ Nor does he now think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Sure, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then this is an exceptionally sincere film. But, hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then all the celebrity yogis of Manhattan and Beverly Hills prove that they are definitely enamored of India. The seed of the disaster book boom may have been planted by the success of the late '90s hits ‘In Thin Air’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ - as you know, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin imitatio(n-), from the verb imitari (see imitate). noun.1 phr.
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