- 1取代、廢止（正式用語，常用於規定、版本、制度）。含有「新的比較好、舊的正式作廢」的意味，比 replace 正式得多。
When one thing supersedes another, it takes its place because it is newer or works better. The old one is not just sitting beside it — the old one stops being used. Email superseded the fax machine. This new safety rule supersedes the one from 2019.
The word is formal. It lives in official notices, contracts, manuals, and company announcements: "This document supersedes all previous versions." In ordinary conversation people say replace or take over from. If a student supersede in a email, it will sound stiff.
One useful shade: supersede suggests the replacement is an improvement, or at least an official upgrade. Replace is neutral — you replace a broken chair with an identical one. You would not say a new chair supersedes the old one.
組成From Latin supersedēre: super "above, over" + sedēre "to sit". Originally it meant to sit above something, and so to leave it alone or put it off — the older English sense was "postpone, refrain from". The modern meaning "replace" appeared around 1642.
同家族的字
- sedentarysame Latin sedēre 'to sit' — sitting a lot
- sessionsame sedēre — a sitting
- residesame sedēre — to sit back, to dwell
- supermarketsame super- 'above, beyond'
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
supersedeverb/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/
- 1
To take the place of.
- Those older products have been superseded by our new range.
- Then one deep love doth supersede All other, when her ardent gaze Roves from the living brother’s face, And rests upon the Life indeed.
- 2
To displace in favor of itself.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
supersedenoun/ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/
- 1
An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
- Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。