Wordiyosupplant
🇬🇧 UK/sә'plɑ:nt/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC1
Definitions
v.
To take the place of someone or something, especially by force or scheming; to supersede.
取代，排挤，代替
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.supplant someone/something取代某人/某物
- 2.[gradually supplant]逐渐取代
- 3.supplant with以……取而代之
- 4.seek to supplant试图取代
Example Sentences
- 1.
Streaming services have largely supplanted traditional cable television in many households.
- 2.
The ambitious deputy gradually supplanted his mentor as the head of the department.
- 3.
Digital photography supplanted film almost entirely within just a few decades.