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单词 replace
释义 re·place
\rə̇ˈplās, rēˈp-\ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + place
1. : to place again : restore to a former place, position, or condition
 < replaced the card in the file >
 < replaced the king on the throne >
2. : to take the place of : serve as a substitute for or successor of : succeed, supplant
 < the saw and sawmill rapidly replaced the ax — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < the dried wood … has long been replaced by steel and concrete — T.H.Matthews >
3. : to put in place of : provide a substitute or successor for
 < necessary to replace all the machinery in the plant >
4. : to fill the place of : supply an equivalent for
 < a broken toy should not be immediately replaced — Bertrand Russell >
 < promised to replace the money he had stolen >
Synonyms:
 displace, supplant, supersede: replace implies supplying a substitute or equivalent for someone or something, often something lost, worn out, broken, dismissed, destroyed, or otherwise no longer usable
  < Doe replacing Roe in the line-up >
  < nor would I admit that the human actor can be replaced by a marionette — T.S.Eliot >
  < an old bridge replaced by a new one >
  displace implies an ousting, dislodging, putting out, discharging, or crowding out, preceding a replacing
  < prehistoric Siouan tribes have been displaced almost entirely by Indians of Algonquian stock — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
  < when large-scale commercial farms displaced the old peasant holdings — Oscar Handlin >
  < since machinery has displaced manual labor — Karl Meyer >
  < in this realm of science symbols first displace words — T.H.Savory >
  supplant is now likely to indicate an uprooting and eradication followed by a replacing or displacing by something newer, better, more modern or effective
  < horse cars supplanted by trolleys >
  < rock fireplaces supplanted those of sapling and mud construction — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
  < a valuable means of supplanting editorial guesswork with facts — F.L.Mott >
  < a secure national government supplanting the provisional one >
  supersede is rarely without suggestions of replacement by something better or newer
  < the old-fashioned fishing luggers with their varicolored sails have been superseded by motorboats — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
  < frame houses soon superseded the original log ones — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
  < that is the worst of erudition — that the next scholar sucks the few drops of honey that you have accumulated, sets right your blunders, and you are superseded — A.C.Benson >
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