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 sup·plant /səˈplænt/
 (vt.)排擠掉,代替

 Sup·plant v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.]
 1. To trip up. [Obs.] “Supplanted, down he fell.”
 2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
    Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.   --Bp. Fell.
 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [obsolescent]
    You never will supplant the received ideas of God.   --Landor.
 Syn: -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.
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 supplant
      v : take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced
          Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has
          supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the
          team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the
          school" [syn: replace, supersede, supervene upon]