supplant

US [səˈplænt]
UK [səˈplɑːnt]
  • v.取代
  • Web代替；排挤掉；取而代之
Simple Present：supplants  Present Participle：supplanting  Past Tense：supplanted  

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supplant
v.
1.
~ sb/sth
取代，替代（尤指年老者或落后于时代的事物）to take the place of sb/sth (especially sb/sth older or less modern)

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1.
If conservatives were to rally around a single alternative candidate, they could quite probably supplant Mr Romney with one of their own.
如果保守派需要团结在一个参选人周围的话，他们很可能会选择自己人来代替罗姆尼。
rú guǒ bǎo shǒu pài xū yào tuán jié zài yī gè cān xuǎn rén zhōu wéi de huà , tā men hěn kě néng huì xuǎn zé zì jǐ rén lái dài tì luó mǔ ní 。
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2.
The inconvenient truth is that Chinese consumers are not ready to supplant US consumers as the primary engine of global demand.
令人不自在的真相是，中国消费者尚未做好准备，取代美国消费者成为全球需求的主要推动力。
lìng rén bú zì zài de zhēn xiàng shì , zhōng guó xiāo fèi zhě shàng wèi zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi , qǔ dài měi guó xiāo fèi zhě chéng wéi quán qiú xū qiú de zhǔ yào tuī dòng lì 。
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3.
My latest bad-news boyfriend had just suggested I get silicone implants; suddenly, I was ready to supplant him.
之前，我当时的讨厌鬼男朋友刚刚建议我进行硅胶假体隆胸。突然，我决定要换掉他。
zhī qián , wǒ dāng shí de tǎo yàn guǐ nán péng yǒu gāng gāng jiàn yì wǒ jìn xíng guī jiāo jiǎ tǐ lóng xiōng 。 tū rán , wǒ jué dìng yào huàn diào tā 。
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4.
When do you think mobile broadband will be fast enough, cheap enough, and ubiquitous enough to supplant wifi?
你认为到什么时候无线宽带才能够取代WiFi呢？
nǐ rèn wéi dào shén me shí hou wú xiàn kuān dài cái néng gòu qǔ dài WiFi ne ?
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5.
If you exchange the word "Snitch" for "Harry, " you can see this action as symbolizing that Ginny will supplant Cho in Harry's affections.
如果你把“飞贼”这个词换成“哈利”，你就会把这一情节看作是象征金妮会取代秋在哈利心里的位置。
rú guǒ nǐ bǎ " fēi zéi " zhè ge cí huàn chéng " hā lì " , nǐ jiù huì bǎ zhè yī qíng jié kàn zuò shì xiàng zhēng jīn nī huì qǔ dài qiū zài hā lì xīn li de wèi zhì 。
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6.
The extent to which unmanned aircraft could or should supplant piloted ones will be debated for decades.
无人驾驶的飞行器究竟能够或应该在多大的程度上取代有人驾驶的飞行器，争论将会持续几十年。
wú rén jià shǐ de fēi xíng qì jiū jìng néng gòu huò yīng gāi zài duō dà de chéng dù shàng qǔ dài yǒu rén jià shǐ de fēi xíng qì , zhēng lùn jiāng huì chí xù jǐ shí nián 。
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Will it be ready to compromise this advantage in order to supplant the failing dollar as the world's reserve currency?
它会以此妥协以取代日渐衰落的美元作为国际储备货币吗？
tā huì yǐ cǐ tuǒ xié yǐ qǔ dài rì jiàn shuāi luò de měi yuán zuò wéi guó jì chǔ bèi huò bì ma ?
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But if the aim of Japan's high-speed rail revolution was to supplant domestic air travel, it has failed.
可是，如果日本高铁革新的目的只是为了取代国内航空业，那它是失败的。
kě shì , rú guǒ rì běn gāo tiě gé xīn de mù dì zhǐ shì wèi le qǔ dài guó nèi háng kōng yè , nà tā shì shī bài de 。
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China, in pushing its trade agenda, is hoping to supplant the U. S. and other Western countries as a major driver of India's growth.
中国在推动与印度的贸易议程时，希望自己能够取代美国和其它西方国家，成为印度增长的主要推动力。
zhōng guó zài tuī dòng yǔ yìn dù de mào yì yì chéng shí , xī wàng zì jǐ néng gòu qǔ dài měi guó hé qí tā xī fāng guó jiā , chéng wéi yìn dù zēng zhǎng de zhǔ yào tuī dòng lì 。
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10.
The yuan is the likeliest candidate to supplant it but has so far taken only baby steps to becoming international.
人民币是最有可能的候选者，但是它的国际化进程才刚刚开始。
rén mín bì shì zuì yǒu kě néng de hòu xuǎn zhě , dàn shì tā de guó jì huà jìn chéng cái gāng gāng kāi shǐ 。
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