displace

英 [dɪsˈpleɪs]

美 [dɪsˈpleɪs]

v.  取代; 替代; 置换; 迫使(某人)离开家园; 移动; 挪开; 转移

过去分词：displaced　现在分词：displacing　过去式：displaced　第三人称单数：displaces　复数：displaces　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6936 / COCA.6789

同义词辨析

replacedisplacesubstitute【导航词义：替代，取代】

牛津词典

verb

• 取代；替代；置换
  to take the place of sb/sth
  1. Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
     工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。
  2. The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes (= as a way of measuring its size) .
     这艘轮船的排水量为 58 000 吨。
• 迫使（某人）离开家园
  to force people to move away from their home to another place
  1. Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.
     大约1万人因战争而背井离乡。
• 移动；挪开；转移
  to move sth from its usual position
  1. Check for roof tiles that have been displaced by the wind.
     检查一下屋顶上是否有瓦被风刮得挪位。
• 撤职；免职；使失业
  to remove sb from a job or position
  1. displaced workers
     被辞退的工人

柯林斯词典

• VERB 取代;代替;置换
  If one thingdisplacesanother, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself.
  1. These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange...
     这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。
  2. Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
     煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
• VERB 迫使…离开家园;迫使…迁徙;迫使…背井离乡
  If a person or group of peopleis displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live.
  1. In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced...
     仅在欧洲就有3,000万人被迫背井离乡。
  2. Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes.
     许多因战乱而流离失所的百姓将无法重返家园。
  3. ...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons.
     重新安置难民和无家可归者的任务

英英释义

verb

• cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  1. Move those boxes into the corner, please
  2. I'm moving my money to another bank
  3. The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
  Synonym:move
• cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  1. the refugees were displaced by the war
• terminate the employment of
  1. The boss fired his secretary today
  2. The company terminated 25% of its workers
  Synonym:firegive noticecandismissgive the axesend awaysackforce outgive the sackterminate
• take the place of or have precedence over
  1. live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
  2. discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
  Synonym:preempt

双语例句

• The methods of industrialism displace the handicrafts.
  工业化的方式取代了手工操作。
• China is competing to displace India as the world's largest diamond processing centre.
  中国正在和印度竞争以成为世界最大的钻石加工中心。
• High-speed lines, like other regeneration projects, often displace economic activity rather than create it.
  高铁线路，就如同其他的新生代建案一样，经常只能取代经济活动而不是创造。
• These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange
  这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。
• Removing an existing tariff would clearly displace workers in import-competing industries.
  免除某种现有关税显然会使与进口竞争的工业中的工人失业。
• Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes.
  许多因战乱而流离失所的百姓将无法重返家园。
• It involved using private American banking resources to displace European concession-aires and creditors.
  这就要用美国私人银行资本取代欧洲的特许权所有者和债权人。
• Turn left and go straight on. remove or displace from a position.
  左转弯然后笔直走。从一个位置移走或转移。
• Indeed, it is able to displace water and thus adhere to surfaces in aqueous solutions.
  实际上，它能替换周围的水，因而能在水溶液中仍然附着于主体之上。
• Or, he will displace Reason with Appetite, such as the unsatiable greed for riches or power.
  或者他们要用嗜好来代替理性，诸如对财富或权力的贪得无厌。