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　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

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

• Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
  煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
• The company would have a difficult time trying to displace you, even if you failed.
  即使你失败了，公司要想解雇你，也很难办。
• Increasing wealth is unlikely to displace cultural and national identities.
  不断增长的财富不大可能抹杀文化和国家身份认同。
• 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。
• But ultimately it might only displace the problem elsewhere.
  但是，最终这或许只能把问题转移到其他地区。
• 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。
• 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。
• In two or three years China will displace Japan as America's closest economic rival.
  在两至三年内，中国将取代日本，成为经济势力最接近美国的对手。
• But, more importantly, the WebSphere MQ cluster does not displace the point-to-point network.
  但是，更重要的是WebSphereMQ集群没有取代点对点网络。
• Bob will displace you.
  鲍伯会取代你。