Word · Frequency #14209
supplant
取代；排挤；替代
take the place or move into the position of
- 1.
take the place or move into the position of
取代
取代；排挤掉；代替
In use
The new software may soon supplant the old system.
Digital books have largely supplanted paper dictionaries in many schools.
Cheap plastic parts are supplanting metal ones in this factory.
supplant sth
supplant 是及物动词，直接接被取代的事物。
Digital books have largely supplanted printed encyclopedias.
电子书已在很大程度上取代了印刷百科全书。
be supplanted by sth
被动语态强调被替代的对象，常用 by 引出新的替代者。
The old system was supplanted by a cheaper one.
旧系统被更便宜的替代。
supplant sb as sth
as 后接职位、角色，表示在某方面取代某人。
She supplanted her rival as team captain.
她取代了对手成为队长。
Verb forms
base supplant · third person supplants · -ing supplanting · past supplanted · past participle supplanted
规则动词：排挤掉，代替
Common mistakes
The old system supplanted by the new one.The old system was supplanted by the new one.
supplant 是及物动词，被动语态需要 be 动词加过去分词；中文说‘被取代’时常省略‘被’，所以容易漏掉 was。
They supplanted the old software with a new version.They replaced the old software with a new version.
supplant 后面直接接被取代的事物，不说 supplant A with B；表达‘用B取代A’时要用 replace A with B，而 supplant 表示‘新事物取代旧事物’。
Connections
Collocations
- supplant somebody as something
- 取代某人成为……；接替某人担任……
- She supplanted her predecessor as head of the department.她接替前任成为部门负责人。
- be supplanted by
- 被……取代；被……替代
- The old system was supplanted by a newer, faster one.旧系统被更新、更快的系统所取代。
- supplant traditional methods
- 取代传统方法
- Digital payment has quickly supplanted traditional methods in many cities.在许多城市，数字支付迅速取代了传统方式。
- supplant human workers
- 取代人类工人；替代人工
- Automation may one day supplant human workers in repetitive jobs.自动化有朝一日可能会在重复性工作中取代人类工人。
Pop culture & quotes
- Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：supplant 里有 plant（种），想象把自己“种”进别人的位置，顶替他。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary or journalistic prose、academic or political discussion supplant 多用于正式或书面语境，常表示“取代、排挤掉（原有的人或事物）”；日常口语中较少使用，通常可换成 replace。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the /ɑːnt/ ending with supplant in British English and therefore rhyme. Beware lookalikes: plant, grant, and slant are spelled like supplant's ending but in American English are pronounced /plænt/, /grænt/, /slænt/, so they do not rhyme with the British /ɑːnt/ sound; can't and aunt also shift to /ænt/ in American.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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