问一道GRE填空,双空.mimick和emulate的区别
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问一道GRE填空,双空.mimick和emulate的区别
Once a duckling has identified a parent,the instinctive bond become a powerful (channel) for additional learning since,by ( ) the parent,the duckling can aquire further information that is not genetically transimitted.
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D acknowledging
E mimicking
F emulating
答
Happy to get you progressed.
Definitions from Merriam-Webster:
mimic:verb.to imitate closely:ape
howerver,
emulate means "to strive to equal or excel",sometimes we can equal "emulate" to "imitate",yet under this usage,we usually make emphasis on "imitate by means of an emulator"
Hence,
the answer is mimicking