supplant

[US]/səˈplɑːnt/
[UK]/səˈplænt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.代替;排挤掉
Word Forms
现在分词supplanting
复数supplants
过去分词supplanted
第三人称单数supplants
过去式supplanted

Example Sentences

The prime minister was supplanted by his rival.

首相被他的政敌赶下台了。

Trams in London have been supplanted by buses.

伦敦的电车已经由公共汽车取代了。

the socialist society which Marx believed would eventually supplant capitalism.

马克思认为终将代替资本主义的社会主义社会。

In most offices, the typewriter has now been supplanted by the computer.

当今许多办公室里, 打字机已被电脑取代。

The word processor has largely supplanted electric typewriters.See Synonyms at replace

word处理程序已很大程度上取代了电动打字机参见 replace

The 2-kilogram creature supplants the chicken-sized insectivore Albertonykus Borealis as the smallest known dinosaur in North America.

这个重两公斤的生物,取代了如鸡大小般的食虫动物—亚伯达爪龙,为北美现今所知最小的恐龙。

Jacob (Hebrew the supplanter), then after an encounter with God, his name was then changed to Israel the Prince of God.

雅各(希伯来文的意思是排挤者),他之后遇见神而改变了生命,被称为以色列-神的王子。

3 1 Be on your guard, everyone against his neighbor; put no trust in any brother. Every brother apes Jacob, the supplanter, every friend is guilty of slander.

你们应各自提防自己的近人,不要信赖任何弟兄,因为所有的弟兄都爱好欺诈,一般的近人都好说谗言;

Real-world Examples

Trams in London have been supplanted by buses.

伦敦的电车已经由公共汽车取代了。

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Had television and the movies supplanted books?

电视、电影是不是把书本都取代了?

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

So the handheld ultrasound is basically surpassing and supplanting the stethoscope.

因此手持式超声机基本上超越并取代了听诊器。

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

All over the world, open-air markets are being supplanted by supermarket shopping.

在世界各地,露天市场正在被超市购物所取代。

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Like Mr Kagan, Mr Brzezinski argues that no single power is ready to supplant it.

与卡根先生一样,兹比格涅夫先生坚称尚未有独立势力有实力替而代之,有所担当。

Source: The Economist - Arts

Again, your overall nutrient intake supplants any importance pre-exercise fat intake might have.

同样,你的整体营养摄入量取代了运动前脂肪摄入量可能具有的任何重要性。

Source: Fitness Knowledge Popularization

Can we imagine powerful information sorting and communicating technologies that don't exploit, misuse, mislead and supplant us?

我们能想象强大的信息分类和通信技术不会剥削、滥用、误导和取代我们吗?

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

And whereas citizens of drearier rich countries have been liberated by foreign holidays, Americans' vast backyard remains too wonderful to be supplanted.

尽管这些富裕但无聊的国家的民众们通过出国度假获得了解放,但是美国国内也十分美妙,无可取代。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Horse hay-forks and horse hayrakes have supplanted manual labor.

马用干草叉和马用干草耙已经取代了体力劳动。

Source: The Era of Big Business

The master-passion had already supplanted St. Cleeve's natural ingenuousness by subtlety.

大师般的热情已经以微妙的方式取代了圣克利夫天生的天真。

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part 1)

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