这位下级行政官员急不可待地想晋升，但他知道只有待某人死后或退休后才能步其后尘，谋取其职。 The junior executive was impatient for promotion but knew that he would only get it by stepping into a dead man's shoes.
公爵阴谋取代国王的地位。 The duke plotted to supplant the king.
他是一个总是谋取个人利益的人。 He is a man who always figures for self-interest.