英语词汇“substitute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

somebody or something that takes the place of another, e.g. a player who may replace another withdrawn from a game

substitute adj

substitutive /-tiv/ adj

[Middle English from Latin substitutus, past part. of substituere to put in place of, from sub- + statuere to set up, place, from status: see status]

(usu + for) to put (one thing) in the place of another

You can substitute yogurt for cream to make the sauce less rich

in sport, to introduce a substitute for (somebody)

They substituted their centre forward in the second half

to introduce (an atom or group) as a substituent

to replace (an atom or group) with a substituent

verb intrans

to serve as a substitute

substitutable /-ʹtyoohtəbl/ adj

substitution /-ʹtyoohsh(ə)n/ noun

substitutional /-ʹtyooshənl/ adj

substitutionary /-ʹtyooshən(ə)ri/ adj