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

• It is destined, some say, to supplant not only internet advertising, the latest fad, but also television, radio, print and billboards, the four traditional pillars of the business.
  手机广告必定会取代的不仅仅是因特网广告这个当前的热宠，也包括电视机、收音机、出版物和广告牌这四类商业界的传统广告支柱。
• If, in the next century, electronic markets begin to supplant companies as the organising force behind economic exchange, we will confront these dilemmas anew.
  如果在下一个世纪，电子市场开始取代企业，成为组织经济交换的力量，那么我们将再次面对这些难题。
• 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 duke plotted to supplant the king.
  公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
• To take the place of, especially by force; supplant.
  取代取代，尤指使用武力；代替。
• 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。
• 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。
• Technology should not supplant what you usually teach.
  技术不能代替你通常的教。
• 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 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。