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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The prime minister was supplanted by his rival.
  首相被他的政敌赶下台了。
• Their assets are scattered, their staff move on, their products are supplanted by new competitors.
  它们的资产会四分五裂，员工另谋出路，产品被新的竞争产品所取代。
• Another insect-borne bacterium wins for second smallest genome and shows signs of being supplanted by a competing organism.
  寄生在昆虫中的另外一种细菌的基因组含量则次之。它也显示出正被迫逐步演化成一种的器官。
• My panic and fear had been supplanted by happiness.
  我的惊慌和恐惧已被欢快之情所取代。
• 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。