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　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The duke plotted to supplant the king.
  公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。