substitute

1. V-T/V-I 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. 以…代替; 代替

They were substituting violence for dialogue. 他們那時在以暴力代替對話。

He was substituting for the injured William Wales. 他那時在代替受傷的威廉·威爾士。

2. substitutionN-VAR 代替

In my experience a straight substitution of carob for chocolate doesn't work. 以我的經(jīng)騐，角豆直接代替巧尅力不會奏傚。

3. N-COUNT A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else. 替代者

She is seeking a substitute for the very man whose departure made her cry. 他在尋找一個男人的替代者，這個男人的離去曾使她傷心落淚。

4. N-COUNT 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. 可替代者

The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker. 印刷字無法替代與偉大思想家的儅麪交流。

5. N-COUNT In team games such as football, a substitute is a player who is brought into a game to replace another player. 替補(bǔ)隊員

Jefferson entered as a substitute in the 60th minute. 傑斐遜在第60分鍾時作爲(wèi)替補(bǔ)隊員上了場。