[mass noun]the action of copying or reproducing something 复制 ■[count noun]a copy 复制品,仿样 a twentieth-century building would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before. 一幢20世纪的房屋会比一幢旧房仿造建筑便宜。 ■the repetition of a scientific experiment or trial to obtain a consistent result (实验或试验结果的)复证,证实 ■the process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself (遗传物质或生物的)自我繁殖,自我复制 HIV replication. HIV病毒的自我繁殖。 [count noun]a crucial step in cold virus replications. 感冒病毒复制关键的一步。
(Law, dated)a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea (律 旧)原告对被告抗辩的答辩
语源
late Middle English: from Old French replicacion, from Latin replicatio(n-), from replicare 'fold back, repeat', later 'make a reply' (see replicate)