To parrot others' views; to lack originality in one's scholarship or work, merely adopting the ideas of others.
他的研究报告，观点都是从其他学者的著作中照搬过来的，丝毫没有自己的独到见解，简直是倚门傍户。
His research paper merely copied views from other scholars' works, completely lacking his own original insights; it was simply parroting others' ideas.
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