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- (slang) sb who effectively articulates others' thoughts or feelings on their behalf
Trad. 替補
- to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc)
- a substitute
- a replacement
- stand-in
- substitute
- body double
- stuntman
- scapegoat
- fall guy
- to stand in for sb else
- succession (of changes in an ecological community)
- naturally evolving sequence
Trad. 冒名頂替
- to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
- to pose under a false name
Trad. 包辦代替
- to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
- (idiom) to enforce justice on behalf of Heaven
Trad. 替身演員
- substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts)
- stuntman
- in place of sb's parents
- in loco parentis (law)
- (biology) alternation of generations
- (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
Trad. 世襲罔替
- (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
Trad. 冒名頂替者
- impersonator; impostor
Trad. 替古人擔憂
- to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
- crying over spilt milk
- often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
Trad. 替古人耽憂
- to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
- crying over spilt milk
- often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
- fluticasone propionate