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語源

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈem.jə.læɪt/
• ハイフネーション: em‧u‧late

動詞

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.

   People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.

   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.

3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 146:

     But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

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形容詞

emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)

1. (obsolete) Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], pages 152-153, column 1:

     That can I,
     At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King,
     Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs,
     VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay,
     (Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride)
     Dar’d to the Combate.

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