early 15c., "repeat," from Latin replicatus, past participle of replicare (see reply). Meaning "to copy, reproduce, make a replica of" is from 1882, a back-formation from replication. Genetic sense is first recorded 1957. Related: Replicated; replicating.
雙語例句
1. Cells can reproduce but only molecules can replicate.
細胞可以再生，但是只有分子可以復制。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.
后來的實驗沒有得出同樣的結果。
來自《權威詞典》
3. If the virus cannot replicate itself, it cannot cause illness.
如果病毒不能變異, 也就不能夠誘發疾病了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The team decided to try and replicate the missing curtains as authentically as possible.
小組決定盡可能照原樣重新制作丟失的幕簾。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Computer viruses are small programs, they replicate by attaching a copy of themselves to another program.