substitutenoun | verb 1 sub·sti·tute / 5sQbstE7tut ; 5sQbstEtju:t /nounC 1. also sub someone who does someone else's job for a limited period of time, especially in a sports team or school代替者; 〔尤指〕替补队员; 代课老师:
•Germany brought on a substitute at half time.德国队在比赛进行了一半时换上了一名替补队员。
•substitute goalkeeper替补守门员
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•The coach has to find a substitute for Tim.教练得找一个替补蒂姆的人选。
2. a person or thing that you use instead of the one that you usually have, because the usual one is not available代替物,替代品:
•a sugar substitute糖的代用品
•a father substitute父亲的替身
3.be no substitute for sth used to emphasize that something is not as good as another thing没有某物那样好,不如某物称心:
•Vitamin pills are no substitute for a healthy diet.维生素片不能替代健康饮食。
2 substituteverb 1.Tto use something new or different instead of something else用〔新的或不同的事物〕代替: substitute sth for sth
•The recipe says you can substitute yoghurt for the sour cream.食谱说可以用酸奶替代酸味奶油。
2.Ito do someone's job until the person who usually does it is able to do it again替代,顶替; 替换: [+ for ]
•Bill substituted for Larry, who was off sick.拉里因病没有上班,比尔替了他。
3.Tto replace someone with another person especially another player替换,替代〔尤指球员〕:
•Michael Owen had to be substituted after 20 minutes on the field.迈克尔·欧文上场 20 分钟后,不得不被替换下来。