Supplant
[ sə'plænt ]
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vt. 把…排挤掉，取代;代替;
💡 词根助记
sup在…下面+plant种植→种在下面，把上面的取代→取代，排挤
📝 例句
The duke plotted to supplant the king.
公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。
To take the place of;supplant.
取代…的位置；替代
The steam engine began to supplant the muscular power of men and animals
蒸汽机开始取代人和动物的劳动
To take the place of, especially by force;supplant.
取代取代，尤指使用武力；代替
The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.
动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
🌱 联想助记
【记】sup-前缀“在下面”,plant-种植:在下面种植自己的势力→取代
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
sub-在p前变为sup-
表示“下”
📖 牛津释义
supplant
v[Tn]
(fml 文) take the place of (sb/sth); replace 取代（某人[某事物]）; 代替
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.
The party leader has been supplanted by his rival. 那位党的领导人已被其对手取而代之.
She has been supplanted by another in his affections, ie He now loves sb else. 他爱上了另一个女人, 不再爱她了.
🔁 扩展释义
*[sә'plɑ:nt]vt. 排挤掉, 代替
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Let's see ... hotcakes and maple syrup, with scrambled eggs.
让我瞧瞧……烤饼， 枫糖， 还有炒蛋。
I'm afraid so.
恐怕是这样。
He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。