to make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else :
The country's parliament is modelled on the British system.
to make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else :
The country's parliament is modelled on the British system.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005