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supplant

英 [səˈplɑːnt]

美 [səˈplænt]

v.  取代,替代(尤指年老者或落后于时代的事物)

过去分词:supplanted 现在分词:supplanting 过去式:supplanted 第三人称单数:supplants 复数:supplants 

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Collins.1 / BNC.14209 / COCA.12090

牛津词典

    verb

    • 取代,替代(尤指年老者或落后于时代的事物)
      to take the place of sb/sth (especially sb/sth older or less modern)

      柯林斯词典

      • VERB 替代;取代
        If a person or thingis supplanted, another person or thing takes their place.
        1. He may be supplanted by a younger man...
          他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
        2. By the 1930s the wristwatch had almost completely supplanted the pocket watch.
          到了 20 世纪 30 年代,手表几乎完全取代了怀表。

      英英释义

      verb

      • take the place or move into the position of
        1. Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
        2. the computer has supplanted the slide rule
        3. Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
        Synonym:replacesupersedesupervene uponsupercede

      双语例句

      • The duke plotted to supplant the king.
        公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
      • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.
        动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
      • Freedom helps supplant the conditions of hopelessness that extremists exploit to recruit terrorists and suicide bombers.
        自由能够取代绝望的状态,而正是这种绝望被极端分子利用来招募恐怖分子和自杀***手。
      • To take the place of, especially by force; supplant.
        取代取代,尤指使用武力;代替。
      • People seem to think that Rip was written to "fix" or supplant RubyGems.
        看起来人们认为Rip是“修正”或者是补充RubyGems。
      • It is my view that the new historical disciplines complement rather than supplant traditional history.
        我认为这些新的历史学科对传统历史学起到了补充而非排挤作用。
      • Improved methods of production must constantly supplant obsolete methods, if both old needs and new wants are to be filled by better commodities and better means.
        如果要想有更好的产品和更好的手段能满足新老需求,改进的生产方式必须不断取代陈旧的生产方式。
      • But the challenge may be to make the economics of a railway designed to supplant the canal add up.
        但挑战也许在于,如何能让旨在取代运河的铁路线增加经济效益。
      • Even the attempts to supplant it pay IQ the tribute of accepting its frame of reference.
        甚至各种取代“智商”的尝试也都以它作为参照。
      • I believe one day electric cars will supplant petrol-driven ones.
        我相信电子汽车总有一天会取代汽油汽车。