supplant

• vt. 代替；排挤掉

来自拉丁语 supplantare,掀翻，来自 sub,向下，planta,脚掌，来自 PIE*plat,平的，词源同 flat, 平的，plantar,脚底的。字面意思即踩在脚底下，引申词义代替，取代。

1. take the place or move into the position of;

"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"

supplant

supplant: [13] Supplant has no connection with things that grow, even though it may be related to English plant. Etymologically it means ‘trip up’. It comes via Old French supplanter from Latin supplantāre ‘trip up’, hence ‘overthrow’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from under’ and planta ‘sole of the foot’ (possible ancestor of English plant).

supplant (v.)

early 14c., "to trip up, overthrow, defeat, dispossess," from Old French suplanter, sosplanter "to trip up, overthrow, drive out, usurp," or directly from Latin supplantare "trip up, overthrow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)). Meaning "replace one thing with another" first recorded 1670s. There is a sense evolution parallel in Hebrew akabh "he beguiled," from akebh "heel."

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.

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The duke plotted to supplant the king.

公爵阴谋取代国王的地位.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It is my view that the new historical disciplines complement rather than supplant traditional history.

我认为这些新的历史学科对传统历史学起到了补充而非排挤作用.

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Even the attempts to supplant it pay IQ the tribute of accepting its frame of reference.

甚至各种取代“智商”的尝试也都以它作为参照.

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