emulate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/    美 /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/|/ˈem.jə.læɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To attempt to equal or be the same as. archaic
  2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
    — People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
  3. To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy. obsolete
    — But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
  4. of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
形容词 adj.
  1. Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous. obsolete
    — That can I, At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King, Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs, VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay, (Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride) Dar’d to the Combate.

词形变化

emulates present,singular,third-person emulating participle,present emulated participle,past emulated past æmulate alternative,obsolete more emulate comparative most emulate superlative æmulate alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
emulable emulatable emulation emulative emulator emulatory unemulated
相关词
emulation emulative emulator emulous simulate

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
词源 2
First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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