及物动词
1. 替换;取代;代替
If one thing or person replaces another, the first is used or acts instead of the second.
2. 以…取代;以…接替
If you replace one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job.
3. 换下(坏的);以新的替换
If you replace something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead.
4. 把…放回(原处)
If you replace something, you put it back where it was before.
1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
e.g. He replaced the old razor blade
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
the insurance will replace the lost income
This antique vase can never be replaced
2. put something back where it belongs
e.g. replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
Synonym: put back
3. put in the place of another
switch seemingly equivalent items
e.g. the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
Synonym: substituteinterchangeexchange
4. take the place or move into the position of
e.g. Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
the computer has supplanted the slide rule
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school