| 词汇 | supplanting |
| 释义 | supplanting present participle ofsupplant supplant verb[ T ] formaluk /səˈplɑːnt/ us /səˈplænt/ to replace: 取代，代替 Printed books will soon be supplanted by e-books.纸质书将很快被电子书取代。 Small children can often feel supplanted in their parents' affections (= that their parents no longer like them as much) when a new brother or sister is born.当弟弟或妹妹出生后，小孩子常常会觉得自己在父母心中的地位被取代了。 Synonyms replace(CHANGE FOR) supersede Replacing and exchanging alternate alternatively bargain something away behalf change over compensation instead of lieu make up for something name novate shoe someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom spare sub out something substitutability substitutable substitute substitution substitutive Examples of supplantingsupplanting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As she writes 'the state's sphere narrowed to replacing the absent father, not to supplanting the present one' (p. 158). By performing this duty he was in effect supplanting women in their traditional role. Perhaps it is precisely this way of thinking that the current global culture wars are supplanting in favour of a more unequivocal power struggle between the cultures. Patterned long-term interactions, such as those promoted by informal networks, made reputation serve as a potential enforcement mechanism, supplanting formal rules, supporting commitments, and enhancing cooperation. Even if they had hoped to do so, authors of contrafacta would have had no chance of completely supplanting this original text with their new one. Thus, at the core, the meaning of hypothetical judgments relies upon substitution on the level of proofs, that is, supplanting the use of a hypothesis by evidence for it. Surely strike-breaking means supplanting those concerned in the service which they are not prepared to carry on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Both economy and the health of our society depend on our strengthening and encouraging the voluntary effort, wherever possible, rather than supplanting it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These three differing approaches are not to be seen as simply succeeding each other chronologically, each supplanting its predecessors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are often told that we are in danger of other countries supplanting us in the breeding of thoroughbred horses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the three agreements which we are now supplanting there were differences of treatment in that particular respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They ought not to be taken as supplanting or crushing out any existing food agency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must prevent that informal body from effectively supplanting the formal mechanisms that we have agreed, which are vital to protect our position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no intention of the new town supplanting the existing towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any other co-existing or supplanting insolvency procedure would thwart that rescue attempt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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