1.replace的基本意思是“把…放回原处”,引申可表示“取代”“更换”,指物或人因各种原因而替换,尤指用新的物体代替旧的、破损的或失去的东西,指人时多指取代某一位置以作为替代者或继承者。有时也可作“赔偿,归还”解。
2.replace只用作及物动词,接名词、代词作简单宾语,常与介词by或with连用。主动式中用with或by均可,而被动式中仅用by。
3.在表示“取代某人而作为…”时replace常和介词as连用。
replace by〔with〕(v.+prep.)
用…代替 change sb/sth for sb/sth
▲replace sth by〔with〕 sth
We've replaced the old machine with a computer.我们用电脑取代了那台旧机器。
We have replaced human labour with machines.我们用机器取代了人类劳动。
They replaced trams by buses.他们用公共汽车代替了电车。
◇ 用于be ~ed 结构
I think that the theatre will be replaced by the cinema.我认为剧院将由电影院取而代之。
Coal fires were replaced by gas.煤火已被燃气所代替。
用作及物动词
▲S+~+n./pron.
I replaced the dictionary on the shelf.我把字典放回架上。
Replace the newspapers after reading, please!报纸阅后请放回原处。
You may read any of these magazines, only you must replace it after reading.这些杂志你都可以看,但看后必须放回原处。
John will replace James in the next round.下一轮谈判中约翰将替换詹姆斯。
Can anything replace a mother's love and care?有什么东西能取代母亲的爱和关怀呢?
Electric trains have replaced steam trains in Britain.在英国,电力机车已取代了蒸汽机车。
They preach the abolition of established systems but prose nothing to replace them.他们竭力主张废除固有的制度,但没有提出代替这些制度的任何建议。
Nowadays, computer has replaced man in many fields.如今,计算机在许多领域取代了人。
I will replace the cup I broke.我会赔我打破的杯子。
He'll go to replace borrowed money.他要去还借款。
Jack has replaced Tom as monitor of our class.杰克接替汤姆当了我们的班长。
I cannot replace you as her assistant.我不能代替你作为她的助手。
She would not replace Mary as his girlfriend.她不能代替玛丽作为他的女朋友。
I replaced him as your superior.我代替他作你们的上司。
replace, supersede, supplant
这组词均可表示“代替”。其区别在于:replace意为取代某一位置以作为替代者或继承者; supersede是正式用语,用以指物的替换,特指替换的东西因过时或无用而将之弃置; supplant用于人时特指为了强迫其离去,而以阴谋诡计夺取其地位。
[派生词] replaceable adj. 可放回原处的,可替换的
