sup·plant
verb/səˈplɑːnt/
/səˈplænt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they supplant | /səˈplɑːnt/ /səˈplænt/ |
| he / she / it supplants | /səˈplɑːnts/ /səˈplænts/ |
| past simple supplanted | /səˈplɑːntɪd/ /səˈplæntɪd/ |
| past participle supplanted | /səˈplɑːntɪd/ /səˈplæntɪd/ |
| -ing form supplanting | /səˈplɑːntɪŋ/ /səˈplæntɪŋ/ |
- supplant somebody/something to take the place of somebody/something (especially somebody/something older or less modern)
取代，替代（尤指年老者或落后于时代的事物） - Their work has been largely supplanted by the use of a computer program that fulfils the same function.
他们的工作很大程度上已被实现相同功能的计算机程序所取代。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French supplanter or Latin supplantare ‘trip up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + planta ‘sole’. - Their work has been largely supplanted by the use of a computer program that fulfils the same function.