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

• 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。
• 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。
• In this respect he was often compared to John Maynard Keynes, whose work he always respected, even though he to some extent supplanted it.
  在这方面，人们常常将他与约翰•梅纳德•凯恩斯（JohnMaynardKeynes）相提并论。弗里德曼始终对凯恩斯心怀敬意，尽管他本人在某种程度上已经取代了凯恩斯。
• 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。
• Prime Minister was supplanted by his rival.
  首相被他的对手排挤掉了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A real recovery depends on government demand being supplanted by sustainable sources of private spending.
  真正的经济复苏是指政府的需求能够被稳定的可持续的支出所取代的时候才能实现。