If something is superseded by something newer, it is replaced because it has become old-fashioned or unacceptable.
例句
Hand tools are relics of the past that have now been superseded by the machine.手工工具是历史的遗物,现在已经被机器所取代。
英汉词典释义
vt.
取代, 接替(已非最佳选择或已过时的事物)
No sooner do you buy a computer than they bring out a new one which supersedes it.你买电脑后不久他们就会推出新产品取代它。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. take the place or move into the position of;
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left""the computer has supplanted the slide rule""Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"