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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

      • Electric cars may one day supplant petrol-driven ones.
        也许有一天电动车会取代汽油驱动的车。
      • 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。
      • More specifically, market-driven, objective and transparent targets for planning and compensation should supplant politically-driven, subjective and negotiated targets.
        更具体地说,市场导向、客观和透明的规划及薪酬目标,应取代政治导向、主观和私下商定的目标。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Many people have existing stores, formats, systems and p2 is not going to supplant them.
        许多人都有现存的存储、格式或系统,而p2不会去取代这些已有的东西。
      • Separately, Russia has tried to create a joint ratings agency with China to supplant the three big Western ratings giants.
        另外,俄罗斯试图与中国建立一个联合评级机构,以取代西方国家的三大评级巨头。
      • 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。
      • He may be supplanted by a younger man
        他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
      • The duke plotted to supplant the king.
        公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。