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  • Conjugation : past  substituted ; ing  substituting
  • Derivatives : adj  substitutable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

substitute ['s^bstɪtjuːt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (person) 代替者
  2. 2. noun (thing) 代用品
  3. 3. noun [Soccer] 替补队员
  4. 4. vt. to substitute sth (for sth) 用某物代替(某物)
  5. 5. vi. [person+] to substitute for 接替
  6. 6. vi. [thing+] 代替

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

substitute [ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt]
  1. 1. vt. 替换交换交替
    The USSR wishes to substitute gas for oil for its European satellites.
    苏联希望在其欧洲附属国实行燃气石油计划
    A free system of administration was substituted for an official system.
    一个自由的行政系统替换一个官方系统
  2. 2. vi. 替补,作替代品
    Lime juice can also be used as a substitute for lemon jiuce in the recipe.
    酸橙汁可以作为食谱柠檬汁替代品
    The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet.
    脱脂奶代替奶油吧,我们必须按照严格的规定饮食
    The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague.
    这名年轻老师必须替他生病同事上课
  3. 3. vi. 接替替代
    He will substitute him in the meeting today.
    他将代他参加今天会议
  4. 4. n.[c/u] 替代者,代替物
    Frozen sea food can be useful substitutes for fresh foods.
    冰冻海鲜可以代替新鲜食物
    Her grandmother became a substitute for her dead mother.
    她的奶奶代替了她死去妈妈
  5. 5. n.[c] 替补替补队员
    Ray is back in the squad and is likely to be on the substitutes' bench.
    雷归队了,并且可能坐到替补席上。
  6. 6. n.[c] 替身
  7. 7. adjective 球类运动中)能打各种位置的,多用途的多面手的
    He is a subsitute teacher and travels a lot from school to school.
    他是一位可以从事不同工作的老师常常游历不同学校
  8. 8. adjective 作为替代的替换
    The range of substitute homes offered by the local authorities varies considerably.
    当地政府提供的替用房屋相当大的变动范围
  9. 9. adjective 代用的作为代用品
    Those who put forward this argument are thinking of video as a substitute television set.
    这些提出争议的人在想着把录像机当作电视机代用品

Collins English-English Dictionary

substitute ['s^bstɪ"tjuːt]
  1. 1. n (as modifier) sub
    a substitute goalkeeper
  2. 2. vb [often foll by for] to serve or cause to serve in place of another person or thing
  3. 3. vb [chem] to replace (an atom or group in a molecule) with (another atom or group)
  4. 4. vb [logic] [maths] to replace (one expression) by (another) in the context of a third, as replacing x + y for x in 3x = k gives 3x + 3y = k
  5. 5. n a person or thing that serves in place of another, such as a player in a game who takes the place of an injured colleague
  6. 6. n another name for pro-form
  7. 7. n another name for supply teacher
  8. 8. n another word for repeater
  9. 9. n [grammar] [Canadian] [nautical] (formerly) a person paid to replace another due for military service
  10. 10. n [Etymology] C16: from Latin substituere, from sub- in place of + statuere to set up
  11. 11. n [Usage] substitute is sometimes wrongly used where replace is meant: he replaced (not substituted) the worn tyre with a new one

Examples

Similar to truncation, wildcards substitute a symbol for one letter of a word.
与截取类似,通配符替代了单词中的某一个字母。
We often substitute margarine for butter.
我们经常用人造奶油代替奶油。
Vitamin pills are no substitute for healthy diet.
维他命药片不能代替健康饮食。
This artificial sweetener is a safe sugar substitute.
这种人工甜味剂是安全的代糖。
The recipe says that you can substitute regular milk with fat-free milk.
菜谱上说你可以用脱脂牛奶代替普通牛奶。
The teacher had to substitute for her sick colleague.
老师不得不替她生病的同事代班。
Terry made his Chelsea debut on 28 October 1998 as a third substitute in a League Cup match.
特里在1998年10月28日的联赛杯比赛中作为第三替补球员为切尔西队初次登场比赛。
The coach has to find a substitute for Cristiano.
教练不得不为克里斯蒂亚诺找一个替补。
The children were reprimanded for abusing the substitute teacher.
孩子们因辱骂代课老师而遭到严厉训斥。

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