supplant
美音:
[səp´lænt
]英音:
[səp´lænt
]vt.排挤掉,代替
难易程度:
supplant为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:supplanted 过去分词:supplanted 现在分词:supplanting 第三人称单数:supplants
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supplant
/sə'plɑ:nt; sə`plænt/
v [Tn] (fml 文) take the place of (sb/sth); replace 取代(某人[某事物]); 代替
*Oil has supplanted coffee as our main export. 我们的主要出口货已由原来的咖啡改为石油了.
* The party leader has been supplanted by his rival. 那位党的领导人已被其对手取而代之.
* She has been supplanted by another in his affections, ie He now loves sb else. 他爱上了另一个女人, 不再爱她了.
supplant
v [T][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;Origin: supplanter, from
Latin supplantare
'to defeat by causing to fall over with the foot', from planta
'bottom of the foot']
to take the place of a person or thing so that they are no longer used, no longer in a position of power etc
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replace Barker was soon supplanted as party leader.