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Supplanted Supplant Ideas Person Thing Ed Sə'Pla:Nt Vt.排挤掉,代替

英语单词 supplant
英美音标 [sə'pla:nt]
中文释义 vt.排挤掉,代替
vocabulary简明 Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table. Supplant means to take the place of.
vocabulary扩展 Being supplanted is something that often happens to ideas or ways of thinking. Encouraging children's freedom has supplanted old ideas about children being better seen than heard. After a shocking upset at Wimbledon, a new tennis player has supplanted the reigning champion.
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[VERB 动词]替代;取代 If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place.
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  • He may be supplanted by a younger man...

    他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。

  • 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。

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