supplant: [13] Supplant has no connection with things that grow, even though it may be related to English plant. Etymologically it means ‘trip up’. It comes via Old French supplanter from Latin supplantāre ‘trip up’, hence ‘overthrow’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from under’ and planta ‘sole of the foot’ (possible ancestor of English plant).
supplant (v.)
early 14c., "to trip up, overthrow, defeat, dispossess," from Old French suplanter, sosplanter "to trip up, overthrow, drive out, usurp," or directly from Latin supplantare "trip up, overthrow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)). Meaning "replace one thing with another" first recorded 1670s. There is a sense evolution parallel in Hebrew akabh "he beguiled," from akebh "heel."
实用例句
1. The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.
动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律.
来自辞典例句
2. The duke plotted to supplant the king.
公爵阴谋取代国王的地位.
来自辞典例句
3. Tina: What are you saying? Be careful Whinny does not supplant you!
蒂娜: 你说什么呢你? 小心以后维尼取代你的位置!
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4. A still speculative method may supplant that approach, however.
