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V-ERG
用…代替;取代;替換
If you substitute one thing for another, or if one thing substitutes for another, it takes the place or performs the function of the other thing.
例句
They were substituting violence for dialogue...
他們在用暴力取代對話。
You could always substitute a low-fat soft cheese...
你總是可以代之以低脂肪的軟奶酪。
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N-COUNT
代替者;代替物;代用品
A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else.
例句
She is seeking a substitute for the very man whose departure made her cry.
那個(gè)男人的離去令她傷心痛哭，她正想找一個(gè)人填補(bǔ)內(nèi)心的空缺。
...tests on humans to find a blood substitute made from animal blood.
為從動(dòng)物血液中提取人血的替代品而在人體上進(jìn)行的試驗(yàn)
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N-COUNT
令人滿意的替代物;與之媲美的事物
If you say that one thing is no substitute for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory. If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory.
例句
The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker...
閱讀印在紙上的內(nèi)容遠(yuǎn)不如與偉大的思想家面對面探討那般受益。
There is no substitute for practical experience.
實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)是無法替代的。
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N-COUNT
替補(bǔ)(運(yùn)動(dòng)員)
In team games such as football, a substitute is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player.
例句
Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals for Cameroon.
作為替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員上場的他為喀麥隆隊(duì)打入了四粒關(guān)鍵進(jìn)球。