Scientists are building computer models of the ocean currents.
科学家正在建立计算机洋流模型。
5SB/STH to copy 可效仿的人/事物IMITATE someone or something which people want to copy because they are successful or have good qualities 值得效仿的做事方式,典范
model for
It served as a model for other cities.
这为其他城市作出了榜样。
He used English medieval architecture as his model.
他以中世纪的英国建筑作为模板。
role model (=someone that you try to copy because they have qualities you would like to have) 榜样
Good teachers can act as positive role models.
好老师能起到好榜样的作用。
6model of efficiency/virtue etcsomeone or something that has a lot of a good quality 效率/美德等的典范
She was a model of honesty and decency.
她是诚实和正派的典范。
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model of efficiency/virtue etc• Mr. Howard I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman is citing Lambeth council as a model of efficiency and good practice.• The police, when they arrived, were models of efficiency and solicitude.
7.art 艺术AVBO someone who is employed by an artist or photographer to be painted or photographed 〔绘画或摄影的〕模特
latest model• No sooner does the latest model take its place in the market, than it is superseded by another development.• It was a happydebut for the latest model to drop off the fast-bowling conveyorbelt.• Remember, you can at any time exchange our equipment for the latest models as soon as they become available.• For on the latest models, try the computer press and like Stuff and T3.• The latest model of the minivan went into production last year.• The latest model on the market.• So what is this latest model?
role model• Banneker can be a role model for them.• At my age I should probably be a role model to a few others.• He is a role model of a gentleman and of how contentment can be found in being a gentleman.• Brando's a role model for everybody in the business.• But most men do not choose their fathers as role models as they move away from their families and into the world.• Fonda, Hopper and especially Nicholson were used as role models for many futurefilms, and thus it broke new ground.• He's a wonderfully kind man and an excellentrole model for the children.• Our new role model, Hildamay, isn't selfish: more a regular girl guide.• There aren't enough positiverole models for young people today, especially for minority groups.• Mary Martin no doubt offered a strong role model.
ldoce_225_amodel2 ●●○adjectiveadj
1model aircraft/train/car etcDHTCOPYa small copy of an aircraft, train etc, especially one that a child can play with or put together from separate parts 〔尤指儿童可以玩或拼装的〕飞机/火车/汽车等模型
He is playing with his model railway.
他在玩模型铁轨。
She builds model aeroplanes in her spare time.
她在业余时间制作飞机模型。
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model aircraft/train/car etc• Loafers that looked more like model cars.• A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internalcombustionengine in order to work as a toy!• The sum was raised at a model aircraftflyingdisplay that was all but washed out through appallingweather.• Corgi sent a full range of their model cars, including Rolls Royces and Porsches.• Andrew has been prompted to make a model car like his dad's.• Some people like model trains or football.• Genghis, assembled out of model car parts, weighed only 3. 6 pounds.• I built model cars when I was younger.
2model wife/employee/student etcPERFECTa wife, employee (=worker) etc who is considered to be good because they do everything they should 模范妻子/雇员/学生等SYN exemplary
His lawyers tried to show him as a model husband and father.
他的律师们竭力想证明他是一位模范丈夫和模范父亲。
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model wife/employee/student etc• Afterwards she would be full of remorse and would return to playing the clean-living model student.• First, she had to have earned good grades; second, she had to have been a model student.• Two other girls were model students.• In all she was a model wife, and earned the esteem of everyone in the town.• Unlike Aung San and Sukarno he was a model student, excelling despite his marginal position.• How is that model employee of yours?• He is in other words a model student though not necessarily a good one.• Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadlyweapon and possession of a concealed weapon.
3.model prison/farm/school etcBESTa prison etc that has been specially designed or organized to be as good as possible 模范监狱/农场/学校等
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]DCBBM to wear clothes at a fashion show or in magazine photographs in order to show them to people 当模特;作为模特向顾客展示〔服装〕
She’s modeling Donna Karan’s fall collection.
她在为唐娜•凯兰的秋装系列当模特。
Claire modelled for a few years when she was in her twenties.
克莱尔在二十几岁时做过几年模特。
2model yourself on somebodyBritish EnglishBrE, model yourself after somebody American EnglishIMITATE to try to be like someone else because you admire them 以某人为榜样
Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.
吉姆总是以他心目中的大英雄马丁•路德•金为榜样。
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model yourself on somebody• Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm - in his exile, his inflexibility, his austerities.• Dean was another rebel, no doubt modelling himself on his two idols.• As we grow up we model ourselves on our parents, identifying with them and imitating them.• If the C of Emodels itself onParliament, the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving.• A number had decided to model themselves on the behaviors and demeanor of a favoriteboss or company hero-a very reasonablestrategy.• Plenty of singers, wisely or otherwise, have modelled themselves on the heroes and villains of great literature.• For men to model themselves on Ulysses rather than Hercules.• Nobody's modelled themselves on us, they've gone more the Roses and the Mondays.
3be modelled on somethingCOPYto be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something 模仿[效仿,仿制]某事物
Their education system is modelled on the French one.
4[transitiveT]TICCOPY to do a computer representation or scientific description of a situation or event 〔用计算机〕做出〔情景、事件〕的模型
They used a computer to model the possible effects of global warming.
他们用计算机来模拟全球变暖可能造成的影响。
5.[transitiveT] to make something by shapingclay, wood etc 用〔黏土或木头等材料〕塑造
—modeller noun [countableC]
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model• Most of the decor in this part of the house was modelled after Hollywood's idea of elaborate period furnishings.• Here we have a Kenar T-shirtmodeled by Linda Evangelista.• All the tee-shirts were modelled by the pupils during the school's fashion show organised by the Parent TeachersAssociation.• She made a living modeling for art classes.• I modelled them on the shape of your abdomen when you strode out of the sea last month.• She also attended a kindergarten school where she first demonstrated her talent for modelling with clay.
From Longman Business Dictionary
modelmod·el /ˈmɒdlˈmɑːdl/ noun
1[countableC] a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine
1copy of sth複製品ADJECTIVE | VERB + MODEL | MODEL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤full-scale, scale原尺寸/縮尺模型▸➤three-dimensional三維模型▸➤detailed仿真模型▸➤working工作模型▸➤clay, plastic, wooden, etc.泥製、塑料、木製等模型VERB + MODEL➤assemble, build, construct, make組裝模型;建造模型;製作模型MODEL + NOUN➤aeroplane, airplane, car, railroad, railway, train飛機模型;汽車模型;鐵路模型;火車模型PREPOSITION➤model of⋯的模型◇She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.她照着自己的狗做了一個維妙維肖的泥塑。model
noun²
2type of product產品類型ADJECTIVE | VERB + MODELADJECTIVE➤de luxe, luxury, popular豪華型;大眾型➤basic, standard基本型;標準型▸➤latest, new最新型號;新款VERB + MODEL➤do, make, produce, release製作/製造/生產/發佈某型號產品◇They do several other models of washing machine.他們還生產其他幾種型號的洗衣機。◇Later that year, IBM released a similar model at a lower price.那年晚些時候,國際商用機器公司發佈了一款價格更為低廉的相似產品。➤sell售賣某型號產品▸➤design, develop設計/開發某型號產品▸➤recall召回某型號產品◇They're recalling their new model for modifications to the engine.他們正召回新款汽車以對其發動機加以改進。model
noun³
3example實例ADJECTIVE | VERB + MODEL | MODEL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤excellent, good傑出的/優秀的典範➤role行為榜樣➤simple簡單的範式◇We follow a simple accounting model.我們採用一種簡單的核算模式。➤classical, standard, traditional經典/標準/傳統模式◇the standard economic model of supply and demand標準的供求關係經濟模型➤alternative可替換模式◇They offer an alternative model of married life.他們提供了婚姻生活的另一種模式。➤conceptual, experimental, statistical, theoretical概念/實驗/統計學/理論模型➤explanatory解釋性模型▸➤business, clinical, economic, mathematical, medical, political, scientific商業模型;臨牀模式;經濟模型;數學模型;醫學模式;政治模式;科學模式▸➤computer計算機模型VERB + MODEL➤give sb, present, propose, provide (sb with)(給某人)提供範例;提出範例◇The tape provides a model for students to copy.磁帶為學生提供了模仿的範例。➤construct, develop構建/開發模型◇She developed a computer model to help farmers with pest control.她開發了一個幫助農民控制蟲害的計算機模型。➤adapt, refine, simplify修改/改善/簡化模型▸➤copy仿效範例▸➤adopt, use採用/使用範例➤fit適合模型◇The book fits the classic model of a postmodern narrative.該書屬於後現代敍事的經典模型。➤be based on範例基於⋯MODEL + NOUN➤citizen, pupil, student (especially NAmE) 模範公民;模範學生◇In school, he works hard and is a model student.在學校,他學習用功,是一名模範學生。➤home (NAmE) 模範之家PREPOSITION➤model of⋯的模範◇She was a model of restraint.她極有克制力,堪稱典範。➤model for供⋯仿效的模範◇Successful schools must be used as models for the rest.其他學校須效仿成功的學校。model
noun⁴
4person who models模特ADJECTIVE | VERB + MODEL | MODEL + VERBADJECTIVE➤artist's, glamour/glamor, photographic藝術模特兒;(為拍照而裸露上身的)性感女模;攝影模特兒▸➤female, male女時裝模特兒;男時裝模特兒▸➤top頂尖的時裝模特兒▸➤catwalk, fashion, runway (NAmE) 時裝模特兒VERB + MODEL➤photograph, pose, shoot給模特兒拍照;讓模特兒擺姿勢MODEL + VERB➤pose for sb/sth, sit for sb/sth模特兒為⋯擺出姿勢/為⋯坐着◇The model sits for me for three hours every day.模特兒每天要坐 3 個小時讓我創作。➡ note at jobmodel
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤closely嚴格地模仿➤loosely粗略地模仿➤accurately, realistically精確地/真實地模擬◇We can accurately model the development process.我們可以精確地模擬那個發展過程。➤consciously, explicitly有意/明顯地模仿◇They tried to model the election campaign consciously on Clinton's success.他們試圖有意識地仿效克林頓的成功競選之路。PREPOSITION➤on, upon仿效⋯◇We aim to model the system on one used in French hospitals.我們打算仿照法國醫院所使用的系統。
model noun ⇨model (provide a model for sb to copy)⇨brand (the latest model)⇨copy2 (a model aeroplane)⇨example2 (a model student)model verb ⇨simulatemodel
noun
model ♦︎ pattern ♦︎ prototype ♦︎ precedent ♦︎ blueprint ♦︎ templateThese are all words for sth that can be copied by other people.这些词均表示样本、范例、模板。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a model / pattern / prototype / precedent / blueprint / template for sth◆to provide / serve as / act as a model / prototype / precedent / blueprint / template◆to develop / create a model / prototype / blueprint / template◆to set a pattern / precedent◆to follow / copy a model / pattern / precedent / blueprint / template■model [countable] an example of sth such as a system that can be copied by other people样本;范例◆The nation's constitution provided a model that other countries followed.这个国家的宪法成了别国仿效的范例。 see also model yourself/sth on sb/sth ⇨ follow4, model ⇨ example2■pattern [countable, usually singular] an excellent example of sth such as a system that other people should copy范例;典范;样板◆This system sets the pattern for others to follow.这个系统堪为他人仿效的典范。NOTE辨析 Model or pattern?A system or organization is/provides a model but sets a pattern for people to follow. A pattern is always an excellent example and one that people should follow; a model is an example that people do follow, although this is usually because it works well.表示某一系统或组织可供人仿效可以说be/provide a model或set a pattern。pattern总是指人们应该仿效的优秀榜样、典范;model指通常因运转良好而确实为人们所仿效的范例。■prototype ˈprəʊtətaɪp; NAmEˈproʊtətaɪp [countable] the first design of sth from which other forms are copied or developed原型;雏形;最初形态◆He produced designs for the prototype of the modern bicycle.他设计了现代自行车的雏形。■precedentˈpresɪdənt [countable, uncountable] (ratherformal) an official action or decision that has been taken in the past and that is seen as an example or rule to be followed in a similar situation later可援用参考的具体例子;实例;范例◆The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.这项裁决为今后的诽谤案提供了判例。◆The decision of the local authority was based on historical precedent.地方当局的决定是以历史前例为依据的。■blueprint ˈbluːprɪnt [countable] a plan which shows what can be achieved and how it can be achieved; a model showing how sth should be done or made行动方案;计划蓝图;模型;模板◆The government has published a blueprint for an integrated transport system.政府公布了建设综合联运体系的方案。◆They see the device as the blueprint for all future chip design.他们把这个装置视为未来所有芯片设计的模板。■template [countable] a thing that is used as a model for producing other similar examples样板;范例;模板◆If you need to write a lot of similar letters, set up a template on your computer.如果你需要写许多类似的信件,就在计算机上设一个模板。