replicate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rep·li·cate /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ ●○○ verb  1  [transitive] formalCOPY if you replicate someone’s work, a scientific study etc, you do it again, or try to get the same result again 重做；复制 There is a need for further research to replicate these findings. 需要进一步的研究来验证这些结果。2  [intransitive, transitive] technical if a virus or a molecule replicates, or if it replicates itself, it divides and produces exact copies of itself 〔病毒、分子〕自我复制 the ability of DNA to replicate itself 脱氧核糖核酸的自我复制能力 —replication /ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

replicate• This has not been the usual clinical experience, and these results have not been replicated.• A new study is replicating and extending the earlier work with a larger group of white-collar workers.• Analogical theories of the photograph have been abandoned; we no longer believe that the photograph directly replicates circumstances.• That discussion can not be replicated here.• Systems theory suggests that a closed loop of activity, left undisturbed, will replicate itself over and over.• Other scientists were unable to replicate the experiment.• Of course, there is no way that the United States could replicate the forced draft economy of those war years.Origin replicate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of replicare; → REPLY1

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replicate
rep‧li‧cate /ˈrepləkeɪt, ˈreplɪkeɪt/ verb1. [transitive] formal if you replicate someone’s work, a scientific study etc, you do it again, or try to get the same result again:
    There is a need for further research to replicate these findings.
2. [intransitive and transitive] technical if a virus or a molecule replicates, or if it replicates itself, it divides and produces exact copies of itself:
    the ability of DNA to replicate itself
—replication /ˌrepləˈkeɪʃən, ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

rep·li·cateBrE /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they replicate BrE /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it replicates BrE /ˈreplɪkeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪts/ 🔊past simple replicated BrE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle replicated BrE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form replicating BrE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈreplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth (formal) to copy sth exactly 复制；（精确地）仿制 SYN duplicate ◆Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings. 后来的实验没有得出同样的结果。🔊🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (itself) (specialist) (of a virus or a molecule 病毒或分子) to produce exact copies of itself 再造；再生；自我复制◆The drug prevents the virus from replicating itself. 这种药能防止病毒复制。🔊🔊▸ rep·lic·able BrE /ˈreplɪkəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈreplɪkəbl/ 🔊 adjective◆The design is easily replicable.这种设计很容易仿制。▸ rep·li·ca·tion BrE /ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌreplɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]