| 单词 | replacement |
| 释义 | replacement (once / 949 pages) n A replacement is the thing that fills in for something that's missing, or the act of substituting for the missing thing. The replacement for your absent teacher is an annoying substitute. Sigh. When kids lose their baby teeth, replacements soon grow in their places. And when kids need to have their teeth cleaned but their dentist is on vacation, her replacement will be in charge of taking x-rays and checking for cavities. Replacement comes from the verb replace, which adds the "back" prefix re- to place, "to put somewhere." WORD FAMILYreplacement: replacements+/irreplaceable: irreplaceableness, irreplaceably/replace: replaceable, replaced, replacement, replaces, replacing/replaceable: irreplaceable, replaceability, unreplaceable USAGE EXAMPLESA comparable replacement would be difficult to find and costly to obtain. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The likely outcome of such complications is that the effective date for Obamacare repeal and replacement will be deferred for several years. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The FIS also said it was working with the Russian Snowboard Federation to look “for possible replacement competitions in Russia on the same dates.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another Syn|Hypo|Hyper replacing novation (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party pitching changereplacing a pitcher in baseball supersedure, supersessionact of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior displacement, supplantingact of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics commutation, exchange, substitution the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" 2n an event in which one thing is substituted for another the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood Syn|Hyper permutation, substitution, switch, transposition fluctuation, variation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 3n filling again by supplying what has been used up Syn|Hyper refilling, renewal, replenishment filling flow into something (as a container) 4n someone who takes the place of another person Syn|Hyper alternate, surrogate backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) 5n a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another Syn|Hypo|Hyper substitute ersatz an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation successora thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone succedaneum(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) equivalent a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc 6n a person who follows next in order Syn|Hyper successor compeer, equal, match, peer a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
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