代替【法】 代替

• take the place of 意为代替、取代某人某事。
  
  ［误］ I came here to take place of Mr Smith.
  
  ［正］ I came here to take the place of Mr Smith.
  
  ［析］ take the place of 意为代替、取代某人某事。

take place/take one’s place/take sb.’s place/take the place of
The story took place in 1954.这故事发生在1954年。
When the bell rang,the students took their places.铃声一响，学生们都坐在自己的座位上。
Comrade Wang took our teacher's place to give us English lessons.王同志代替我拉的老师给我们上英语课。
Tractors have taken the place of horses.拖拉机代替了马。
<辨析>take place 意为“发生”，“举行”。（其用法详见184条）take one's place 意为“入座”，“占好位置”，其所有格须和短语的（逻辑）主语一致。take sb.'s place 意为“代行某人的职责”，其所有格不须和短语的（逻辑）主语一致，可以是别人。take the place of 意为“代替职务（或工作等）”，后接人或物，接人时与 take sb.'s place 可以换用。如：
We had no one to take the place of John.(We had no one to take John's place)我们没有谁代替约翰的工作。