| 释义 |
take the place of someone/something
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B2
to be used instead of someone or something: 代替，取代
These portable machines can take the place of your desktop PC.
Virtual reality should never take the place of real imagination.
In providing a role model for boys, these gangs took the place of fathers.
These automated systems will never fully take the place of human doctors.
The books are intended to be supplements, not to take the place of the core curriculum.
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