supplanted

英 [səˈplɑːntɪd]

美 [səˈplæntɪd]

v.  取代，替代(尤指年老者或落后于时代的事物)
supplant的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 替代;取代
  If a person or thingis supplanted, another person or thing takes their place.
  1. He may be supplanted by a younger man...
     他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Mr Graddol says the idea of English being supplanted as the world language is not fanciful.
  葛拉多尔表示，英语作为世界语言的地位被取代，这种想法并非不切实际。
• The prime minister was supplanted by his rival.
  首相被他的政敌赶下台了。
• 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。
• These concepts are useful until they become obsolete, supplanted by newer and more effective ideas.
  这些概念在他们变得陈旧并被更新的更有效的概念代替之前都是很有用的。
• This has now supplanted the init process in Ubuntu and Fedora, among others, although vestiges of init remain and the full power of upstart may not be realized for some time yet.
  目前在Ubuntu和Fedora，还有其他系统中已经取代了init进程，尽管依然有init的痕迹，upstart的强大功能在一段时间内可能还没有被意识到。
• She's been supplanted in her aunt's affections by her brother.
  她在她姑母心中的地位已被她兄弟取代了。
• A second plan soon supplanted the idea of paying farmers for not producing food and, indeed, became the cornerstone of national farm policy.
  第二项计划很快取代了对停止生产粮食的农民付给补助的办法，而且这项计划确实成了国家农业政策的基石。
• Motorola's managers realised they had been supplanted only when they read the headlines.
  摩托罗拉的管理人员在读到报纸头条时才意识到该公司被挤出了市场。
• But today, for the first time in human history, the power and allure of the images have supplanted that of real naked women.
  可如今，人类历史首次依赖，画面的力量和吸引已经取代了真正裸体女性。
• He was supplanted by Vishnu and Shiva as the most important of gods.
  毗湿奴和湿婆取代了他，成为最重要的神灵。