Substitution

(noun.) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: 'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'.

(noun.) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; 'the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood'.

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• The only important improvement made in it during that long term of service was the substitution of the percussion cap for the flint lock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Lighthouses are also distinguished from those of preceding centuries by the substitution of iron and cast steel for masonry. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The substitution is the more subtle because some meaning is recognized. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In the case of the Darlington substitution scandal it was of use to me, and also in the Arnsworth Castle business. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The work is much quickened by the substitution of steam power, water power, or even horse power for manual labor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These interesting phases of development of the old chemistry have been followed by the new theory of substitution, by Dumas and others. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This prevents the substitution of one piece of paper for another piece without detection. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Such boxes permit of the disappearance or substitution of objects that are not very thick, such as a note, an image, or a card. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The last few years have witnessed a remarkable advance in the manufacture of incandescent lamps in the substitution of metallic filaments for those of carbon. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• An important step was the substitution of what is called the force feed for the gravity feed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This is a very surprising substitution. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The next step of importance after the blast furnace was the substitution of coke for coal for the reduction of the ore, which was introduced by Abraham Darby, about 1750. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The substitution of wood for rags has made possible the daily issue of newspapers, for the making of which sufficient material would not otherwise have been available. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Such is the meaning of what is sometimes called the substitution of inductive experimental methods of knowing for deductive. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The administration of mutton instead of medicine, the substitution of Tea for Joe, and the baker for bacon, were among the mildest of my own mistakes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• And whether it is negro slavery or a vicious sexual bondage, the actual advance comes from substitutions injected into society by dynamic social forces. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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