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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

      • Economists can only forecast their worth, and these forecasts are rarely convincing enough to supplant one of the proven classics on the list.
        经济学家们只能预测它们的价值,但光凭预测很难令人信服地取代榜单中已被证明了的经典论文。
      • He may be supplanted by a younger man
        他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
      • 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炸弹手。
      • 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。
      • After four seasons and four Outstanding Comedy awards, it felt like something was going to supplant Modern Family.
        《摩登家庭》已经出了四季,获得了四个杰出喜剧奖,人们感到或许有新片会取而代之。
      • The duke plotted to supplant the king.
        公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
      • Perhaps that will inspire some radically new approaches to speech understanding that will supplant the methods we're developing now.
        也许这将会把一些方法带到计算机语音理解,来取代我们现在在开发的方法。
      • 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。
      • All over Latin america, meanwhile, there have been eager predictions of a massive boost to employment and economic growth, thanks to a new benefactor who could supplant, at least in part, the role played by American-dominated financial institutions and America itself.
        此时,拉美举国上下都已在迫切希望着由于新的捐助者取代了,至少部分取代了美国和美国主导的金融机构而带来的就业率提高和经济增长。
      • The summer web-based classes will supplant the40000-student district's traditional summer school courses, according to a district official.
        根据该区一位教育官员表示,区内一共有4000名学生,暑期网路课程将取代原本传统的暑期课程。