supersede
verb🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/
🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːd/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they supersede | 🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/ 🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːd/ |
| he / she / it supersedes | 🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːdz/ 🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːdz/ |
| past simple superseded | 🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːdɪd/ |
| past participle superseded | 🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːdɪd/ |
| -ing form superseding | 🔊/ˌsuːpəˈsiːdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌsuːpərˈsiːdɪŋ/ |
to take the place of something/somebody that is considered to be old-fashioned or no longer the best available 取代，替代（已过时或已非最佳选择的人或物） - be superseded (by something)
The theory has been superseded by more recent research. 这一理论已为新近的研究所取代。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘postpone, defer’): from Old French superseder, from Latin supersedere ‘be superior to’, from super- ‘above’ + sedere ‘sit’. The current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.- be superseded (by something)