单词	supplant
释义	supplantsup‧plant /səˈplɑːnt $ səˈplænt/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsupplant Origin: 1200-1300 Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantare ‘to defeat by causing to fall over with the foot’, from planta ‘bottom of the foot’ Verb Table VERB TABLE supplant Simple Form Present I, you, we, they supplant he, she, it supplants Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they supplanted Present perfect I, you, we, they have supplanted he, she, it has supplanted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had supplanted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will supplant Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have supplanted Continuous Form Present I am supplanting he, she, it is supplanting you, we, they are supplanting Past I, he, she, it was supplanting you, we, they were supplanting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been supplanting he, she, it has been supplanting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been supplanting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be supplanting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been supplanting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Adams, an excellent new pitcher, may supplant Hayes as starting pitcher by the end of the year. General Salan was supplanted soon after the invasion by General Henri Navarre. Some would argue that New York has supplanted Paris as the center of new culture. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Brown instead hurt his heel in training camp, failed to supplant Albert Lewis and hobbled through an ineffective half-season. But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance. He might supplant Jones before the year is out. Simulation has also begun to supplant individual creativity. Sport utility vehicles have supplanted minivans in recent years as the top-selling family vehicle, according to trade experts. The arrival of man-made instruments represented the supplanting and indeed deliberate transcending of nature by human values. The usual summer crush of final exams was supplanted by the trappings of grief. Universities themselves have supplanted the intellectual leadership of the church which helped to create many of them. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto start doing a job that someone else used to do► replace · We're looking for someone to replace our managing director.· The lead singer was replaced by Ray Willis back in 1992.· It was Johnson's first season after replacing Tom Landry as coach of the Cowboys. ► succeed to be the next person to have a job or position, especially an important or powerful position, after someone else has left it or died: · The President appointed Harold Brown to succeed Les Aspin as chairman of the Commission in 1995.· George VI died in 1952, leaving his elder daughter Elizabeth to succeed him. ► take somebody's place/take the place of somebody to replace someone in a job or position, especially because you have similar skills and experience to them: · There's no one suitable to take Simon's place when he leaves.· If Mark fails to qualify as a trainee, Margaret is designated to take his place.· Thielen will take the place of Ray Owens on the board following Owens's retirement. ► take over to replace someone in a job or position, and to continue the work they started: · The new manager took over in July.take over from/for: · Do you think you'd be able to take over me when I'm gone?· The attorney general of New Jersey took over from the local district attorney in the case.take over as: · We're pleased to announce that Mr. Schmidt will be taking over as Executive Director.take over something (from somebody): · Glover's understudy took over the role on Broadway.take something over (from somebody): · Maria's been my partner since I took the business over from my father. ► supplant to replace a competitor or enemy in a position of authority or influence, especially by using unfair methods: · General Salan was supplanted soon after the invasion by General Henri Navarre.· Adams, an excellent new pitcher, may supplant Hayes as starting pitcher by the end of the year. to take the place of a person or thing so that they are no longer used, no longer in a position of power etc SYN  replace:  Barker was soon supplanted as party leader.
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