请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 emulate
释义

emulateadj.

Etymology: < Latin aemulātus past participle of aemulāri to rival.
Obsolete. rare.
Ambitious, emulous.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective]
enviousa1300
emulate1604
emulatory1615
emulous1693
competitory1742
emulative1747
rivalrous1812
competitive1829
agonal1896
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 82 Prickt on by a most emulate pride. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

emulatev.

/ˈɛmjʊleɪt/
Forms: Also 1600s æmulate.
Etymology: < Latin aemulāt- participial stem of aemulāri to rival.
1. transitive. Of persons: To strive to equal or rival (a person, his achievements or qualities); to copy or imitate with the object of equalling or excelling.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)]
couple1477
envy1509
contend1577
counterscore1577
paragona1586
corrive1586
emulate1586
emule1595
corrival1601
vie1602
rival1607
vie1607
contesta1616
antagonize1634
cope with1651
to break a lance with1862
1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Piiiiv So much doo I emulate, not enuie thy glory.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ix. sig. Mm1 The disparity of Circumstances betwixt their own Condition, and that of those they Æmulate.
1694 J. Dryden To Sir G. Kneller in Ann. Miscellany 92 Contemn the bad, and Emulate the best.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 224 The whole world emulates Athens and Rome.
1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions I. 12 When will you emulate Sir Archibald in the art of saying pretty things?
2.
a. Implying some degree of success: To vie with, rival, attain or approach to equality with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival > vie with or emulate
emulate1807
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. iii. 341 He emulated the Scottish kings in splendour.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 39 My royal nephew will soon emulate his father's wisdom.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 52 Many of the Greek states emulated Tyre in commerce and opulence.
b. Of things: To vie with, rival, equal or closely approach in any quality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival
matchc1400
to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412
equalize15..
mate1509
touch1530
to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555
equal1590
egall1591
countermatch1600
to weigh with (also even with)1600
emulate1602
side1605
compeer1608
pair1619
mount1628
amate1642
to hold weight witha1643
to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712
peel1726
to hold the sticks toa1817
to bear or stand comparison with1845
see1861
tie1888
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. iii. 50 I see how thy eie doth emulate the Diamond.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 307 They were wont..to emulate..the apparition of Light.
1662 R. Boyle Examen Mr. T. Hobbs 20, in New Exper. Physico-mechanicall (ed. 2) The Corpuscles..tend to..emulate a spring.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sycomore The Liquor emulates that of the Birch.
1833 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. i. 2 Lady Madalina Palmer is working one [a carpet] which emulates the paintings of Van Huysum.
c. Computing. To reproduce the action of or behave like (a different type of computer) with the aid of hardware or software designed to effect this; to run (a program, etc., written for another type of computer) by this means.
ΘΚΠ
society > computing and information technology > [verb (transitive)] > emulate
emulate1965
1965 Communications ACM 8 755/2 The System/360 interrupt routine sets a flag which can be tested as part of the DIL instruction. It then returns to the routine which completes emulating the 7000 series instruction.
1971 IEEE Trans. Computers 20 751/2 This effort has led to the development of microcomputers..with read only control memories containing microprograms that emulate a specific von Neumann-type computer.
1977 Harvard Business Rev. Nov. 86/1 It is unlikely that competitors will be able to emulate the program.
1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Aug. 72/2 Different processors are emulated by changing a personality card. Mice I has 8K of emulation memory.
1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Sept. 65/1 The emulator divides the system's memory into two sections. One section holds the operating system and whatever applications program is running. The second section of memory is used to emulate a disk drive.
1984 Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Jan. 76 (heading) Emulate WordStar on TOPS-20.
1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 30/1 (advt.) EP8000 can emulate and program all eproms up to 8K x 8 bytes.
3. intransitive. To make it one's ambition, strive in a spirit of rivalry (to do or obtain something). Const. infinitive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)]
pursuea1382
affect?a1425
anhelea1500
to hawk after (for)?1510
affectate1560
to breathe after ——a1593
emule1595
aspire1596
emulate1597
to fawn upon1634
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 40 Emulate to be nerer there good begynnings.
1619 H. Hutton Compend. Hist. Ixion's Wheele in Follie's Anat. sig. D4v Vulcan..did not striue, Or æmulate, to be superlatiue.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxvi, in Poems (1878) IV. 155 He..Emulated more to Dye.
4. transitive. To desire to rival (a person, his fortune, achievements, etc.); hence, to be jealous of, envy, feel a grudge against. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > be jealous or envious of [verb (transitive)]
emule1595
emulate1611
1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) v. sig. L2v I begin to emulate thy death.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 207 An opposite faction which emulated his goodnesse.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms lxxiii. 3 I æmulated, and stomached their prosperity.
5. In occasional uses:
a. ? To woo, contend emulously for. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xlvii. 17 We see the early rising sunne With his faire beames to emulate our sight.
b. To excite the emulation of. rare.
ΚΠ
1804 W. Monson in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 529 Each emulated the other to deeds of glory.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
adj.1604v.1586
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 10:00:24