replace, substitute, displace

動(dòng)詞 replace:

1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
2. take the place or move into the position of
   同義詞：supplant, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
3. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
   同義詞：substitute
4. put something back where it belongs
   同義詞：put back

1. We've replaced the old adding machine with a computer.
   我們用電腦取代了老式的加法計(jì)算器。
2. He replaced the book in the shelf.
   他把書放回到書架上。

re.place

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
re.placed,re.plac.ing,re.plac.es 縮寫 repl.
To put back into a former position or place.
把…放回：把…放回原先的位置或地方
To take or fill the place of.
取代：取代或填充…的位置；代替
To be or provide a substitute for.
提供代替品：作為或提供對(duì)…更換物
To pay back or return; refund.
償還，歸還；退回

【引伸】
replace.able
adj.（形容詞）
replac.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>replace,supplant,supersedeThese verbs are compared as they mean to turn someone or something out and place another in his, her, or its stead.Toreplace is to be or furnish an equivalent or a substitute in the place of another, especially another that has been lost, depleted, worn out, or discharged:
這些動(dòng)詞在用來(lái)指把某人或某物辭退或搬走并用他人或他物代替他、她或它時(shí)具可比性。Replace 是指成為或提供代替他人或他物的物或人的相等物或替換物， 尤其是對(duì)已經(jīng)丟失、耗盡、用竭或被辭退：
例句：
.A conspiracy was carefully engineered to replace the Directory by three Consuls. (H.G. Wells).
.細(xì)心策劃密謀以三個(gè)執(zhí)政官取代督政府. (H.G,威爾斯）。

例句：
.I succeed him [Benjamin Franklin, as envoy to France] ; no one could replace him. (Thomas Jefferson).
.我接替他［本杰明·富蘭克林，作為派往法國(guó)的特使］ ；沒(méi)有人能夠取代他. （托馬斯·杰弗遜）。

Supplant often suggests the use of intrigue or underhanded tactics to take another`s place:
Supplant 通常指用陰謀詭計(jì)或卑鄙的手段來(lái)取代他人的位置：
例句：
.The rivaling poor Jones, and supplanting him in her affections, added another spur to his pursuit. (Henry Fielding).The term does not, however, invariably have this connotation:
.對(duì)抗的可憐的瓊斯，以及用她的影響取代他的位置的舉動(dòng)進(jìn)一步刺激了他的追求. （亨利·費(fèi)爾?。Ｈ欢?，這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)并不是一成不變地只有這個(gè)涵義：

例句：
.The steam engine began to supplant the muscular power of men and animals. (James Harvey Robinson).Tosupersede is to replace one person or thing by another held to be superior, more valuable or useful, or less antiquated:
.蒸汽機(jī)開(kāi)始取代人和動(dòng)物的勞動(dòng). （詹姆士·哈維·羅賓遜）。Supersede 是指用另一個(gè)被認(rèn)為更優(yōu)秀、更有價(jià)值、更有用或者更年輕的人或物代替某人或某物：

例句：
.In our island the Latin appears never to have superseded the old Gaelic speech. (Macaulay).
.在我們的島上古老的蓋爾語(yǔ)似乎永遠(yuǎn)被拉丁語(yǔ)所取代. （麥考利）。

例句：
.Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other. (Carl Jung).
我們每個(gè)人都有自己的生活方式-一種無(wú)法查明、不能被其它任何一種方式取代的方式. （卡爾·榮格）