generation

( 移交 ) hand ... over ⇒ 临走前,我已经向一位同事交代了工作。 Lín zǒu qián, wǒ yǐjīng xiàng yī wèi tóngshì jiāodài le gōngzuò. → Before I left I handed my work over to a colleague.

cost

take ... over ( pt took ) , pp taken

help ... out ⇒ 打印的事就请您代劳了！ Dǎyìn de shì jiù qǐng nín dàiláo le! → Could you help me out with the printing?

code name

algebra

substitute for

generation gap

( 暂时替代 ) act on behalf of ⇒ 代理经理 dàilǐ jīnglǐ → acting manager ⇒ 代理校长 dàilǐ xiàozhǎng → acting headmaster

code

write on behalf of ( pt wrote ) , pp written ⇒ 我为他代笔写申请信。 Wǒ wèi tā dàibǐ xiě shēnqǐngxìn. → I wrote the application on his behalf.

representative ⇒ 谈判代表 tánpàn dàibiǎo → the delegate to the negotiations

pronoun

metabolize

successive generations pl

replace ⇒ 许多人工劳动被计算机取代了。 Xǔduō réngōng láodòng bèi jìsuànjī qǔdài le. → A lot of manual work has been replaced by computers.

antiquity

( 指时代 ) later generations pl

( 时代 ) period

the present ⇒ 当代文学 dāngdài wénxué → contemporary literature

( 产品更新 ) upgrade

( 无后代 ) be childless

( 指时期 ) age ⇒ 信息时代 xìnxī shídài → the information age

replace

dynasty

modern times pl ⇒ 现代通讯器材 xiàndài tōngxùn qìcái → modern communications equipment

( 书 ) exceptional

modern times pl

agent

spokesperson

epoch-making

dynastic history

modernization

upgrade

replace ⇒ 老前锋受伤了, 教练只能让替补球员取而代之。 Lǎo qiánfēng shòushāng le, jiàoliàn zhǐnéng ràng tìbǔ qiúyuán qǔ ér dài zhī. → The original forward was injured — the coach had to replace him with a substitute player.

a change of regime

metabolism

spirit of the age

the Stone Age

meddle in other's affairs ⇒ 这件事必须由他自己做，你不能越俎代庖。 Zhè jiàn shì bìxū yóu tā zìjǐ zuò, nǐ bùnéng yuè zǔ dài páo. → He has to do this himself — don't you go getting involved.

( 繁荣时期 ) golden age