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Supplant Supplanted Ideas Person Thing Ed 英 Sə'Plɑːnt] 美

英语单词 supplant
英美音标 英 [sə'plɑːnt] 美 [sə'plænt]
中文释义 v. 取代; 排挤
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英语例句 (1) The duke plotted to supplant the king.
(2) She's been supplant in her aunt's affection by her brother.
(3) It is my view that the new historical disciplines complement rather than supplant traditional history.
中文例句 (1) 公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
(2) 她在她姑母心中的地位已被她兄弟取代了。
(3) 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。
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.
柯林斯解释
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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.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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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