Just then Apemantus appeared. "I am told that you imitate me," said Apemantus. "Only," said Timon, "because you haven't a dog which I can imitate."英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
Imitate then, with discernment and judgment, the real perfections of the good company into which you may get; copy their politeness, their carriage, their address, and the easy and well-bred turn of their conversation; but remember that, let them shine ever so bright, their vices, if they have any, are so many spots which you would no more imitate, than you would make an artificial wart upon your face, because some very handsome man had the misfortune to have a natural one upon his: but, on the contrary, think how much handsomer he would have been without it.英文原著 · 《Letters to His Son, 1748》
Almost every one of my sisters had some distinctive aptitude with her fingers. One worked exquisite lace-embroidery; another had a knack at cutting and fitting her doll's clothing so perfectly that the wooden lady was always a typical specimen of the genteel doll-world; and another was an expert at fine stitching, so delicately done that it was a pleasure to see or to wear anything her needle had touched. I had none of these gifts. I looked on and admired, and sometimes tried to imitate, but my efforts usually ended in defeat and mortification.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
"Remark the difficulty of the position. Talleyrand, in similar circumstances, had already replied, 'You are very inquisitive, my dear fellow!' To imitate the inimitable great man was out of the question. --La Palferine, generous as Buckingham, could not bear to be caught empty-handed. One day when he had nothing to give a little Savoyard chimney-sweeper, he dipped a hand into a barrel of grapes in a grocer's doorway and filled the child's cap from it. The little one ate away at his grapes; the grocer began by laughing, and ended by holding out his hand.英文原著 · 《A Prince of Bohemia》
She supposed herself to be free. But was she, could she ever be at liberty as he was? The man who had been dipping his feet in the sea rested one hand on the gunwale, let his body droop forward, dropped into the water, paddled for a moment, reached one of the floating corks, turned over head downwards, describing a circle which showed his chocolate-colored back arched, kicked up his feet and disappeared. The second man lounged lazily from the boat into the sea and imitated him. The boy sat still and went on singing. Vere felt disappointed. Was not he going to dive too? She wanted him to dive.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
The way that you would imitate Taylor's brain -is by studying it, right? -Yes, modeling, as I said.美剧 · 《Billions》
Okay, this, he does this thing where he imitates his parents' answering machine.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Yeah, she used to, when she was a baby, imitate our dog.美剧 · 《Shameless》
So, he took the Greek word "mimeme," which means that which is imitated. So, he took the Greek word "mimeme," which means that which is imitated.演讲 · 《Memes and temes ~ Susan Blackmore》