edge out

• v. 取代；挤掉；以微弱之差击败

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Signal lights on cars have edged out hand signals.
   汽车上已逐渐以信号灯显示取代以手示意的作法。
2. The theatre is losing out to television.
   剧院正被电视所取代。
3. The smile died, squeezed out by spasms of anticipation and anxiety.
   一阵阵预测和焦虑把她脸上的微笑挤掉了。
4. Don't allow trivial things to crowd out the important things.
   不要让琐碎的事情挤掉重要的事。
5. The Democratic candidate nosed out his rival for Congress by a few hundred votes.
   这个民主党国会议员候选人以几百票之差击败了对手。

词汇搭配

• edge out 取代
• edge out of 逐渐退出(逐渐将 ...