| 释义 |
Noun: replacing ru'pleysing- The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
"replacing the star will not be easy"
- replacement
Verb: replace ri'pleys- Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
"He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" - Take the place or move into the position of
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
- supplant, supersede, supervene upon, supercede - Put something back where it belongs
"replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"
- put back - Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
"the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
- substitute, interchange, exchange
See also: replacement Type of: alter, change, come after, commutation, exchange, follow, lay, modify, place, pose, position, put, regenerate, renew, set, substitution, succeed Encyclopedia: Replace |