replace [rɪ'pleɪs] verb transitive CHANGE FOR 替换 ESSENTIAL ■to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else 代替;取代;接替;替换•The factory replaced most of its workers with robots.这间工厂用机器人取代了大多数工人。 •Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.旅游业取代了农业成为这个国家的主要产业。 ESSENTIAL ■If you replace something broken, damaged or lost, you provide a new one 更换;更新;赔偿•I promised to replace the plate that I'd dropped.我答应赔偿我打碎的盘子。 [rɪ'pleɪs] verb transitive PUT BACK 放回 ■to put something back where it was before 把…放回原处•The librarian replaced the books correctly on the shelves.图书管理员把书一本不差地放回了原处。 |