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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In this place titles and positions would be supplanted by opportunities to serve and organize.
  在这个地方，头衔和职位会被服务与组织的机会所取代。
• Although the antimicrobial uses of silver have largely been supplanted by the use of antibiotics, further research into its clinical potential is in progress.
  用银来抗菌已经在很大程度上被抗生素所取代了。进一步研究银的临床潜力，仍在进行中。
• 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。
• I have, of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who can not have been supplanted by phonograph.
  我的六十位老师之中，不可能以留声机来取代的，我看不到半打。
• Barbarians first invaded Spain in ad409 but were supplanted by Moors from North Africa ( 711-719), who organized a kingdom known for its learning and splendor.
  野蛮人于公元409首次入侵西班牙，但后来被来自北非的摩尔人取代（711-719年），摩尔人建立了一个博学和辉煌的王国。
• In countries like the Philippines, funding for basic research ( research for knowledge's sake) has largely been supplanted by donor-driven applied research.
  在菲律宾这样的国家，基础研究（以获取知识为目的的研究）的资助在很大程度上被捐助者驱动的应用研究排挤掉了。
• In most offices, the type writer has now been supplanted by the computer.
  在当今许多办公室里，打字机已被电脑取代。