A：Are you ready to order?
      你准备点餐了吗？

B：Yes, we’d like to start with the fried mushroom platter, please.
      是的，我们先要一盘煎蘑菇吧。

A：What kind of sauce would you like with that?
      你们喜欢什么样的调味汁呀？

B：The blue cheese, please. Could you make that without meat, by the way?
      我们要蓝纹奶酪，顺便说一下，可以不要肉吗?

A：Sure. How about your main course?
      好的，主菜要点什么？

B：I’ll have the double bacon cheeseburger.
      我要双层咸肉干酪汉堡。

A：Would you like soup or salad with that?
      你想要汤还是沙拉。

B：Soup, please.
      汤吧。

A：French fries, home fries, or mashed potatoes?
      你要油炸土豆条，家常土豆条还是土豆泥？

substitute

B：Hmm, I think I’ll have the home fries.
      嗯，我想我要家常的吧。

substitute的解释

A：How about for your daughter?
      你的女儿吃什么呢？

B：She’ll have the four cheese omelette.
      她要四层奶酪的煎蛋卷。

A：Does she want a two or three-egg omelette?
      她是要 2 个蛋还是3 个蛋的煎蛋卷？

B：A three-egg omelette.
      3 个蛋的煎蛋卷。

A：Whole wheat or white toast?
      是全麦面包还是白色的烤面包？

B：Could she substitute a muffin for that?
      她的可以换成小松饼吗？

A：Not a problem. Blueberry or plain?
      没问题。带不带蓝莓的？

B：Blueberry.
      带蓝莓的。

A：And what would you like to drink?
      你想喝点什么？

B：Two regular coffees—black—and two glasses of orange juice please.
      俩杯黑咖啡和俩杯橘子汁。

A：Ok, I’ll bring out the mushroom platter and your drinks shortly.
      好的，我一会儿就送上你点的蘑菇和饮料。

1. 用…代替;取代;替换
    If you substitute one thing for another, or if one thing substitutes for another, it takes the place or performs the function of the other thing.

    e.g. They were substituting violence for dialogue...
           他们在用暴力取代对话。
    e.g. You could always substitute a low-fat soft cheese...
           你总是可以代之以低脂肪的软奶酪。

2. 代替者;代替物;代用品
    A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else.

substitute的翻译

    e.g. She is seeking a substitute for the very man whose departure made her cry.
           那个男人的离去令她伤心痛哭，她正想找一个人填补内心的空缺。
    e.g. ...tests on humans to find a blood substitute made from animal blood.
           为从动物血液中提取人血的替代品而在人体上进行的试验

3. 令人满意的替代物;与之媲美的事物
    If you say that one thing is no substitute for another, you mean that it does not have certain desirable features that the other thing has, and is therefore unsatisfactory. If you say that there is no substitute for something, you mean that it is the only thing which is really satisfactory.

    e.g. The printed word is no substitute for personal discussion with a great thinker...
           阅读印在纸上的内容远不如与伟大的思想家面对面探讨那般受益。
    e.g. There is no substitute for practical experience.
           实践经验是无法替代的。

4. 替补(运动员)
    In team games such as football, a substitute is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player.

substitute

    e.g. Coming on as a substitute, he scored four crucial goals for Cameroon.
           作为替补队员上场的他为喀麦隆队打入了四粒关键进球。