supplant
vt. 把…排挤掉,取代; 代替
If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place.
He may be supplanted by a younger man...
他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。
By the 1930s the wristwatch had almost completely supplanted the pocket watch.
到了 20 世纪 30 年代,手表几乎完全取代了怀表。
1. take the place or move into the position of;
The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.
动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律.
The duke plotted to supplant the king.
公爵阴谋取代国王的地位.
The steam engine began to supplant the muscular power of men and animals.
蒸汽机开始取代人和动物的劳动.
TV and computers shouldn't supplant time with others and cyber chats don't develop social skills.
电视和电脑不应取代与他人共度的时光,而且,网上聊天并不能提高社交技巧.
As with handwritten letters, electronic communications have also tended to supplant actual spoken conversations with others.
如同手写信件一样, 电子通信也有让人们减少面对面交谈的倾向.