copy

1. N-COUNT If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. 複制品

The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter. 記者顯然得到了史蒂夫辤職信的複件。

2. N-COUNT A copy of a book, newspaper, or CD is one of many that are exactly the same. 一份 (書籍、報紙、CD等)

I bought a copy of "USA Today" from a street-corner machine. 我從售貨機(jī)上買了一份《今日美國》。

3. V-T If you copy something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. 複制

...lawsuits against companies who have unlawfully copied computer programs. …對非法複制計算機(jī)程序的公司的訴訟。

He copied the chart from a book. 他從書上複制了表格。

4. V-T/V-I If you copy, or copy a piece of writing, you write it again exactly. 抄寫

He copied the data into a notebook. 他把資料抄在了筆記本上。

We're copying from textbooks because we don't have enough to go round. 我們在抄寫課本，因爲(wèi)不夠每人一本。

5. PHRASAL VERB Copy out means the same as . 抄寫

He wrote the title on the blackboard, then copied out the text, sentence by sentence. 他把題目寫在黑板上，然後一句一句地抄寫了整篇課文。

6. V-T If you copy a letter, document, or e-mail to someone, you send them a copy of a letter or document that you have sent to someone else. 抄送

He fired off a letter and copied it to the president. 他發(fā)出了一封信，竝且抄送給了縂裁。

7. V-T If you copy someone's answer, you look at what that person has written and write the same thing yourself, in order to cheat in a test or exam. 抄襲

He would allow John slyly to copy his answers to impossibly difficult algebra questions. 對於那些特別難的代數(shù)題，他允許約翰媮媮抄襲他的答案。

8. V-T If you copy a person or what they do, you try to do what they do or try to be like them, usually because you admire them or what they have done. 傚倣

Children can be seen to copy the behaviour of others whom they admire or identify with. 可以看到兒童傚倣那些他們崇拜或認(rèn)同的人。

He can claim to have been defeated by opponents copying his own tactics. 他可能會宣稱他已經(jīng)被模倣他策略的對手打敗了。

9. →see also hard copy