柯林斯詞典supplant /s??plɑ?nt/ (supplanting,supplanted,supplants) 1. V-T If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. 取代[正式] He may be supplanted by a younger man. 他可能會被一個年齡比他小的人取代。 By the 1930s the wristwatch had almost completely supplanted the pocket watch. 到了 20 世紀(jì) 30 年代，手表幾乎完全取代了懷表。 返回 supplant劍橋詞典to replace 取代，代替 Printed books will soon be supplanted by e-books . 紙質(zhì)書將很快被電子書取代。 Small children can often feel supplanted in their parents ' affections (= that their parents no longer like them as much) when a new brother or sister is born . 儅弟弟或妹妹出生後，小孩子常常會覺得自己在父母心中的地位被取代了。 返回 supplant