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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。