n.代用品；代替者；替補隊員

vt.代替；用 ... 代替；代以

Water is not a proper substitute for wine. 水不是酒的適當(dāng)代用品。

Is saccharin a good substitute for sugar? 糖精是糖的良好替代品嗎?

We recommend this brand as a good substitute. 我們推薦的新品種可以完全替代原來的產(chǎn)品。

His friend Humboldt was his substitute. 他的朋友洪堡接替了他。

There's no substitute for parents. 父母親是沒有別人可以代替的。

Substitute Mario Goetze was the hero, as he scored the only goal with seven minutes to go. 替補隊員馬里奧?格茨在比賽結(jié)束前7分鐘踢進了全場唯一的一個進球，成為了英雄人物。

Only art can substitute for nature. 唯有藝術(shù)能代替自然。

You would substitute when the manager is away. 經(jīng)理不在的時候由你來代理。

I had to substitute on a few things. 有幾項我不得不換一換。

We substituted a red ball for blue to see if the baby would notice. 我們用紅皮球換下了藍皮球，看這嬰兒會不會發(fā)覺。

They don't like potatoes, so we substitute rice. 他們不喜歡土豆,所以我們代之以大米。

substitute的基本意思是“代替”,指在需要時,把某事物用作代替者或用某事物替換某事物。

在美式英語中substitute只能用作及物動詞,在英式英語中substitute可用作及物動詞,也常用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語;用作不及物動詞時,常接介詞for。

substitute還可用作名詞,意為“代替品,替代者”。例如:The substitutes are pretty dreadful.代替的人相當(dāng)糟糕。