British 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.