model

noun

1. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

Synonym: modellingmodeling

2. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

Synonym: simulation

3. a type of product

e.g. his car was an old model

4. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

e.g. the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

Synonym: theoretical accountframework

5. something to be imitated

e.g. an exemplar of success
a model of clarity
he is the very model of a modern major general

Synonym: exemplarexamplegood example

6. a representative form or pattern

e.g. I profited from his example

Synonym: example

7. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

e.g. she was too fat to be a mannequin

Synonym: mannequinmanikinmannikinmanakinfashion model

8. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

e.g. the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos

Synonym: poser

9. someone worthy of imitation

e.g. every child needs a role model

Synonym: role model

verb

1. form in clay, wax, etc

e.g. model a head with clay

Synonym: moldmould

2. construct a model of

e.g. model an airplane

Synonym: mock up

3. create a representation or model of

e.g. The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights

Synonym: simulate

4. plan or create according to a model or models

Synonym: pattern

5. display (clothes) as a mannequin

e.g. model the latest fashion

6. assume a posture as for artistic purposes

e.g. We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Synonym: posesitposture

1. 模型
A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents.

e.g. ...an architect's model of a wooden house.
一幢木屋的建筑模型
e.g. ...a working scale model of the whole Bay Area...
实际应用的整个旧金山湾区比例模型

2. 模范;榜样
A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results.

model的意思

e.g. We believe that this is a general model of managerial activity...
我们认为这可以作为管理活动的普遍范例。
e.g. He wants companies to follow the European model of social responsibility.
他希望各公司能够以欧洲公司为榜样，承担社会责任。

3. (理论描述的)模型
A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work.

e.g. Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution...
达尔文最终提出了生物进化的模型。
e.g. He proposed a model of stress reaction in the body.
他提出了一个人体内应激反应的模型。

4. 创立(系统或过程）的（理论描述)模型
If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works.

e.g. ...the mathematics needed to model a nonlinear system like an atmosphere.
创立诸如大气层之类的非线性系统的模型所需的数学知识

5. （某种特质的）典型，典范
If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree.

e.g. A model of good manners, he has conquered any inward fury...
作为一个非常懂礼貌的人，他已经学会了克制内心的任何愤怒情绪。
e.g. His marriage and family life is a model of propriety.
他的婚姻和家庭生活都是规规矩矩的。

6. 模范的;榜样的
You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well.

e.g. As a girl she had been a model pupil...
还是个小女孩的时候，她就是一个模范学生。
e.g. Hospital staff say he is a model patient.
医务人员说他是一个模范病人。

7. 按特定模型制造;仿特定样式做出
If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way.

e.g. The quota system was modelled on those operated in America and continental Europe...
该配额制度是仿照美国以及欧洲大陆国家的同类制度制定的。
e.g. The program will be modeled after a popular BBC series called 'The Archers'...
这个节目将仿照英国广播公司的人气系列剧《阿彻一家》制作。

8. 使仿效;使模仿
If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them.

e.g. There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman...
以年纪较长的女性作为自己仿效的对象绝没有什么不对。
e.g. They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
他们会倾向于模仿老师的行为举止。

9. (机器等的)型号
A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it.

e.g. To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model...
要想花钱少些，就选择基本的型号。
e.g. The model number is 1870/285.
该型号的编号为1870/285。

10. (绘画或雕塑的)模特儿
An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.

11. （为艺术家）当模特儿
If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.

e.g. Tullio has been modelling for Sandra for eleven years.
图利奥已为桑德拉做了11年的模特儿。

12. （时装）模特儿
A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them.

model的意思

e.g. ...Paris's top photographic fashion model.
巴黎顶尖时装摄影模特儿

13. 当模特儿展示（服装）
If someone models clothes, they display them by wearing them.

e.g. I wasn't here to model clothes...
我不是到这里来当时装模特儿的。
e.g. She began modelling in Paris aged 15.
她15岁就开始在巴黎做时装模特儿。

14. (用黏土、木头等)做…的模型;塑造
If you model shapes or figures, you make them out of a substance such as clay or wood.

e.g. There she began to model in clay...
在那儿她开始用黏土做模型。
e.g. Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone; sometimes she modelled clay...
她有时刻木雕，有时刻石雕，有时塑泥塑。

15. see also: role model

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1. model：molecular descriptor lab; 分子描述符自动生成