supplant /səˈplɑːnt/ TEM8 ( supplanting, supplanted, supplants )

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  V-T If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. 取代 [正式]

  例：

  He may be supplanted by a younger man.

  他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。

  例：

  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。