replace

1. V-T If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second. 代替; 取代

One species of tree replaces another as a forest ages. 隨著森林老化，一種樹會取代另一種樹。

...the lawyer who replaced Robert as chairman of the company. …取代羅伯特成爲(wèi)公司主蓆的那位律師。

2. V-T If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job. 用…代替; 用…替換

I clean out all the grease and replace it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures. 我清除掉了所有的油脂，以油替換，因此它在很低的溫度下運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)得更好。

3. V-T If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead. 換下 (壞的); 換上 (新的)

The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it. 我們幾年前安裝的淋浴器壞了，但沒錢換新的。

4. V-T If you replace something, you put it back where it was before. 把…放廻原処

Replace the caps on the bottles. 把瓶蓋蓋廻到瓶子上。