mimic

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VERB?模仿;戲仿;(開(kāi)玩笑地)學(xué)…的樣子

If you?mimic?the actions or voice of a person or animal, you imitate them, usually in a way that is meant to be amusing or entertaining.

• He could mimic anybody...
• 他可以模仿任何人。

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VERB?模仿;仿效;效尤

If someone or something?mimics?another person or thing, they try to be like them.

• Don't try to mimic anybody. You have to be yourself if you are going to do your best...
• 不要試圖仿效任何人，要是你想做到最好，就得做你自己。

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N-COUNT?善于模仿他人（或動(dòng)物）的人

A?mimic?is a person who is able to mimic people or animals.

pretend

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VERB?假裝；偽裝；裝作

If you?pretend that?something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not.

• I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...
• 當(dāng)情況不好的時(shí)候我假裝一切順利。

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VERB?（做游戲等時(shí)）假裝，假扮，裝扮

If children or adults?pretend that?they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game.

• She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain...
• 她可以曬曬太陽(yáng)，假裝自己是在西班牙。

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VERB?自詡；自稱(chēng)；自以為

If you do not?pretend that?something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case.

• We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us...
• 我們并不自夸在過(guò)去的6年中沒(méi)有遇到任何問(wèn)題。

hiccup

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also hiccough.

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N-COUNT?小問(wèn)題;（尤指）暫時(shí)的耽擱

You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a?hiccup, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.

• A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...
• 用不著為最近銷(xiāo)售上出現(xiàn)的一點(diǎn)小問(wèn)題感到驚慌。

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N-UNCOUNT?呃逆;打嗝

When you have?hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.

• A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
• 小嬰兒進(jìn)食過(guò)程中或剛剛進(jìn)食后經(jīng)常會(huì)打嗝。

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N-COUNT?打嗝聲

A?hiccup?is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups.

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VERB?呃逆;打嗝

When you?hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.

• She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.
• 剛才一口吞下整個(gè)雞蛋，她現(xiàn)在還在打嗝。

tilt

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V-ERG?(使)傾斜;(使)歪斜

If you?tilt?an object or if it?tilts, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other.

• She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair...
• 她斜過(guò)鏡子開(kāi)始梳理頭發(fā)。

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VERB?(略微)傾側(cè)(身體部位)，仰(頭)，把(頭)歪向一邊

If you?tilt?part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upwards or to one side.

• Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him...
• 瑪麗把頭向后仰，以便能看到他。

Tilt?is also a noun.

• He opened the rear door for me with an apologetic tilt of his head.
• 他抱歉地歪著頭為我打開(kāi)后車(chē)門(mén)。

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N-COUNT?傾斜;傾側(cè);傾斜度

The?tilt?of something is the fact that it tilts or slopes, or the angle at which it tilts or slopes.

• ...calculations based on our understanding of the tilt of the earth's axis...
• 基于我們對(duì)地軸傾斜度的了解的計(jì)算

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V-ERG?(使)傾向于;(使)偏向于

If a person or thing?tilts towards?a particular opinion or if something?tilts?them?towards?it, they change slightly so that they become more in agreement with that opinion or position.

• When the political climate tilted towards fundamentalism he was threatened...
• 當(dāng)政治氣候傾向于原教旨主義時(shí)，他受到了威脅。

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N-SING?傾向;偏向

If there is a?tilt towards?a particular opinion or position, that opinion or position is favoured or begins to be favoured.

• The chairman also criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending.
• 主席也批評(píng)該計(jì)劃傾向于主張高稅收而不是低消費(fèi)。

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N-COUNT?嘗試;努力

A?tilt at?something is an attempt to win or obtain it.

• His first tilt at Parliament came in the same year but he failed to win the seat...
• 同年，他首次嘗試進(jìn)入國(guó)會(huì)，但沒(méi)有贏得席位。

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PHRASE?全速地;全力地

To move?full tilt?or?at full tilt?means to move with as much speed, energy, or force as possible.

• As John approached at full tilt he saw a queue of traffic blocking the road...
• 約翰全速接近的時(shí)候，看到一大串車(chē)輛擋住了道路。
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