substitute

noun

/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/

/ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/

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a person or thing that you use or have instead of the one you normally use or have代替者；代替物；代用品
- a meat substitute肉食替代品
- a substitute family收養家庭
- substitute for somebody/something Paul's father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother.保羅的父親只是把保羅當作他死去的哥哥來看待。
- The course teaches you the theory but there's no substitute for practical experience.這門課教的是理論，但沒有任何東西能代替實踐經驗。
- The local bus service was a poor substitute for their car.他們坐當地的公交車，這比坐自己的汽車可差遠了。
Extra Examples
- His teacher acted as a father substitute.老師替代了他父親的角色。
- The company produces substitutes for lead in petrol.該公司生産汽油中鉛的替代品。
- The television is a poor substitute for human companionship.用電視來代替人的陪伴是很糟糕的。
- There's no substitute for hard work.無論什麽都代替不了努力工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
- acceptable
- adequate
- …
verb + substitute
- act as
- serve as
- use something as
- …
substitute + noun
- teacher
preposition
- substitute for
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(also informal sub)
a player who replaces another player in a sports game替補（運動員）
- He was brought on as (a) substitute after half-time.他作爲替補隊員在下半場上場。
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Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.

substitute

verb

OPAL W

/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/

/ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they substitute	/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːt/ /ˈsʌbstɪtuːt/
he / she / it substitutes	/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːts/ /ˈsʌbstɪtuːts/
past simple substituted	/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːtɪd/ /ˈsʌbstɪtuːtɪd/
past participle substituted	/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːtɪd/ /ˈsʌbstɪtuːtɪd/
-ing form substituting	/ˈsʌbstɪtjuːtɪŋ/ /ˈsʌbstɪtuːtɪŋ/

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to take the place of somebody/something else; to use somebody/something instead of somebody/something else（以…）代替；取代
- substitute for somebody/something Nothing can substitute for the advice your doctor is able to give you.大夫所能給你的忠告是無可替代的。
- Can you find someone to substitute for you at the meeting?你能在會上找個人代替你嗎？
- substitute A for B Margarine can be substituted for butter in this recipe.做這道菜可以用人造黃油代替黃油。
- substitute B with/by A Butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.做這道菜可以用人造黃油代替黃油。
- substitute somebody/something Kane was substituted in the second half after a knee injury (= somebody else played instead of Kane in the second half).凱恩因膝傷在下半場被替換下場。
When for, with or by are not used, as in the last example, it can be difficult to tell whether the person or thing mentioned is being used, or has been replaced by somebody or something else. The context will usually make this clear.
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.