replace/rIˋples; rIˈpleIs/v [T]1 to start doing something instead of another person, or start being used instead of another thing 接替﹔代替: I’m replacing Sue on the team. 我将接替队里的苏。2 to remove someone from their job or something from its place, and put a new person or thing there 取代﹔以…替换﹐更换: Two of the tyres had to be replaced. 轮胎有两个不得不换掉了。replace sth with sth They replaced thousands of permanent staff with part-timers. 他们用非全职员工代替了几千名固定职员。3 to put something back where it was before 把〔某物〕放回原处: Please replace the books when you are finished. 看完后请把书放回原处。4 if you replace something that has been broken, stolen etc, you get a new one 更换〔损坏或被盗的东西〕