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substitutable

/suhb-sti-toot, -tyoot/US // ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut //UK // (ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːt) //

可替代的,可替代,可替换的,可替代性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
    • : a person who, for payment, served in an army or navy in the place of a conscript.
    • : Grammar. a word that functions as a replacement for any member of a class of words or constructions, as do in He doesn't know but I do.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sub·sti·tut·ed, sub·sti·tut·ing.

    • : to put in the place of another.
    • : to take the place of; replace.
    • : Chemistry. to replace by other elements or groups.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sub·sti·tut·ed, sub·sti·tut·ing.

    • : to act as a substitute.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a substitute or substitutes.
    • : composed of substitutes.

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Examples

  • In place of dark matter, they substitute a subtly modified force of gravity.

  • Educators across the spectrum have acknowledged that online teaching, no matter its quality, is a poor substitute for in-person teaching.

  • Gödel’s extra insight was that he could substitute a formula’s own Gödel number in the formula itself, leading to no end of trouble.

  • Many leaders have acknowledged that online education is a poor substitute for in-person learning.

  • “I think we’re substituting one form of inequity for another,” Wulfeck said.

  • The substitute nurse says to him in a stage whisper, “You know, the doctor says no vodka.”

  • But in the end there is no substitute for government when it comes to war fighting.

  • Innovation is a poor substitute for insight, at least where boyhood is concerned.

  • This clean source of caffeine is the next noble, and healthy, substitute for your daily cup of coffee.

  • Annunziato and Akerman are in agreement that CrowdMed is best deployed as a supplement, not a substitute.

  • The "torfuge" (Fig. 31) is said to be a very satisfactory substitute for the centrifuge, and is readily portable.

  • Loss, where she was concerned, involved a permanent and irremediable bereavement—no substitute was conceivable.

  • If the auctioneer could afterward do this he might change the name, substitute another, and so perpetrate a fraud.

  • If any one of the parts should be lost or broken, it would require some ability in that country to contrive a substitute.

  • When sedimentation only is desired, the torfuge (Fig. 31) is a cheap and convenient substitute.