| 英语单词 | supersede |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌsuːpə'siːd] 美 [ˌsuːpər'siːd] |
| 中文释义 | vt.取代;接替;废弃 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Will factory workers be entirely superseded by machines one day? (2) Motorways have largely superseded ordinary roads for long-distance travel. (3) The use of robots will someday supersede manual labor. (4) Any one could supersede you as manager in my office. (5) We should supersede outdated regulations and customs. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 工人将来能完全由机器取代吗? (2) 高速公路多已取代了普通公路。 (3) 机器人的使用有一天会取代人力。 (4) 我办公室中的任何一个人都可以接替你的经理职务。 (5) 我们应该废弃陈规旧习。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you click on the link after this description, a new screen will supersede, or replace, this one. A longer description will supplant, or supersede, by replacing this brief one. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Most words that include super have something good going on. Supersede is from the 16th-century Latin for "sit on top," and it often means to replace with something better. A version 10 of a computer game will supersede, version 9, making it more exciting. Unfortunately, a person might be replaced too, as in "the younger running back will supersede the veteran player as he gets older." To supersede is generally a good thing, but being superseded is not always that great for the replaced person. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]取代,替代(陈旧或令人不满意的事物) If something is superseded by something newer, it is replaced because it has become old-fashioned or unacceptable. [ [Also V n] [usu passive]
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