imitates
v.
模仿( imitate的第三人称单数 );
把…作为例子;
模仿（某人的讲话、举止）;
作滑稽模仿;
例句:
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The trick is casting a fly that imitates the bug currently tickling their palates.
来自WSJ
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Art often imitates nature unknowingly.
艺术经常会在不经意中模仿自然。
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Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again.
克拉伦斯又板起面孔，模仿起上校来。
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The little boy imitates his father's way of walking.
这小男孩学他父亲走路的样子.
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In other words, life either imitates your theory or it doesn't.
来自SA
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The foreigner imitates the...new language as far as the phonemes of his native tongue allow.
来自E. H. Gombrich