displace

verb
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[often passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they displace
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he / she / it displaces
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past simple displaced
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past participle displaced
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-ing form displacing
🔊/dɪsˈpleɪsɪŋ/
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  1. to take the place of somebody/something取代;替代;置换 synonym replace
    • be displaced (by somebody/something) Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。🔊🔊
  2. to force people to move away from their home to another place迫使(某人)离开家园
    • be displaced (by something) Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.大约 1 万人因战争而背井离乡。🔊🔊
    • displace somebody If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people.如果修建大坝,它将使10万人流离失所。
    Topics Social issuesc1
  3. to move something from its usual position移动;挪开;转移
    • be displaced (by something) 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了位。🔊🔊
  4. displace somebody (especially North American English) to remove somebody from a job or position撤职;免职;使失业
    • displaced workers辞退的工人
  5. displace something (physics物理) (especially of a ship) to take the place of an amount of liquid when put or floating in it, used as a way of measuring size取代;替代;置换
    • The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes.这艘轮船的排水量为 58 000 吨。🔊🔊
  6. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer.