| 单词 | replace |
| 释义 | replace (rɪpleɪs ) Word forms: replaces , replacing , replaced 1. verb B2 If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. The council tax replaced the poll tax in 1993. [VERB noun] ...the city lawyer who replaced Bob as chairman of the company. [VERB noun + as] The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown. [be V-ed + with/by] 2. verb B1+ If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job. I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures. [VERB noun + with] The BBC decided it could not replace her. [VERB noun] 3. verb B1 If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead. The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it. [VERB noun] 4. verb If you replace something, you put it back where it was before. The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver. [VERB noun] Replace the caps on the bottles. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: put back, return, restore, return to its place Collocations: replaced entirely by He fears that actors will one day be replaced entirely by animation. Times, Sunday Times The second season would use a shortened version of the original theme and would be replaced entirely by the third season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The gravity railroad operated until 1899, when the canal was abandoned, and was replaced entirely by a new line to be used as a conventional steam railroad. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 取代 Japanese: 取って代わる |
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