duplicate

🇬🇧/ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ 🇺🇸/ˈduːplɪkeɪt/
VCE 📚 9434 1 六级 考研 托福 雅思
If you duplicate something that has already been done, you repeat or copy it. 复制

verb [vt. 及物动词] 复制,复印;(无必要地)重复(某事);使成倍增加

His task will be to duplicate his success overseas here at home. 他的任务将是在国内复制他在海外的成功。

adjective [原级] 完全一样的,复制的;二重的

He let himself in with a duplicate key. 他用一把另配的钥匙打开门进去了。

noun [抽象名词] 完全一样的东西,复制品

I'm on my way to Switzerland, but I've lost my card. I've got to get a duplicate. 我在去瑞士的路上,但是我的卡丢了。我得弄张补发卡。

-plic- plic, pli, ply = fold ,表示“重叠,折叠” duplicate v.复制(du 双的 + plic 折叠 -ate动词词尾)
du(两, 双) + plic(重叠) + ate → 两种重叠状态 → 完全相同的; 复制品
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He duplicated his former mistakes. 他重蹈了以前的覆辙。
...a business which duplicates video tapes for the film makers. …一家为电影制片人复制录像带的企业。
Is this a duplicate or the original? 这是副本还是正本?