| 释义 |
Noun: substituting 'súbstu`t(y)ooting- Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
- subbing
Verb: substitute 'súbsti`t(y)oot- Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
- replace, interchange, exchange - Be a substitute
"The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
- sub, stand in, fill in - Act as a substitute
- deputize, deputise [Brit], step in
See also: substitution Type of: alter, change, exchange, interchange, modify, replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, work Encyclopedia: Substitute |