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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

替代 [tìdài]
  1. 1. verb replace

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

替代 [tìdài]
  1. 1. substitute for; replace; supersede; swap
    用石油替代
    replace coal with petroleum; substitute petroleum for coal

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

替代 [tìdài]
  1. 1. 代替;替换
    替代老王值班。

Examples

中国文学潮流遭遇了急变,白话叙事替代文言咏叹。
The trend of Chinese literature experienced a sudden change. Narrating in colloquial language replaced chanting in classical Chinese.
这个村子已经改用坑气来替代煤烧饭了。
Marsh gas has been supplied to the village instead of coal gas.
希望两国间用对话来替代对抗
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。
She used an inked thumbprint in lieu of signature.
她用按手印替代签字。
The jobs in the factory were being displaced by robots.
工厂里的工作被机器人替代
We would like to see secure replacements to the existing arrangements.
我们希望看到对现有合同的可靠替代方案。

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