名複: substitutes
動變: 過去式:substituted 過去分詞:substituted 現在進行時:substituting
substitute
KK:[ˈsʌbstǝˌtjut] DJ:[ˈsʌbstitjuːt]
n.
- 代替人；代替物；代用品[C][（+for）]
vt.
- 用……代替；代替[（+for）]
vi.
- 替代；作代替者[（+for/as）]
a.
- 代替的；代用的；替補的
片語
substitute for
- 代替
衍生
n. [C][U]
substitution
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- a sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a match has begun.
- Scots Law a deputy.
v.
-
(usu. substitute something for)
use, add, or serve in place of. ▸ (usu. substitute something with) replace with another.▸Chemistry replace (an atom or group in a molecule) with another.
- replace (a sports player) with a substitute during a match.
Derivative
- substitutability n.
- substitutable adj.
- substitutive adj.
Usage
Traditionally, the verb substitute is followed by for and means ‘put (someone or something) in place of another’, as in she substituted the fake vase for the real one. More recently it has also been used with with or by to mean ‘replace (something) with something else’, as in she substituted the real vase with the fake one. Though still disapproved of by traditionalists, this use is now generally regarded as part of standard English.
Etymology
ME (denoting a deputy or delegate): from L. substitut-, substituere ‘put in place of’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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