302 Themes

205 Copula, connection 系词 (xìcí)


replace, substitute for
replace, substitute

44 代替 [-] (replace-substitute) replace, substitute for: 中国人用筷子~刀 叉吃饭. Chinese people use chopsticks in the place of knives and forks at meals. || 一些科学家研究如何用海水~石油. Some scientists have studied how to replace oil with seawater. '
45 取代 [-] (take over-replace) replace, substitute: 一些人认为机器人会~ 人力劳动. Some people think robots will someday supersede manual labor. '