displace /dɪˈspleɪs/ verb displaces; displaced; displacing
displaces; displaced; displacing
Learner's definition of DISPLACE
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: to take the job or position of (someone or something)取代；替代 -
Many of the company's workers were displaced [=replaced] by machines.公司的很多工人都被机器取代了。
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Some say football has displaced [=replaced, supplanted] baseball as America's national pastime.有人说橄榄球已经取代棒球成为全美的休闲运动。
2
a : to force (people or animals) to leave the area where they live使背井离乡；使流离失所 -
The war has displaced thousands of people.那场战争使成千上万的人背井离乡。
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The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.飓风使镇上的大多数居民无家可归。
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animals displaced by wildfire为逃避野火离开栖息地的动物
b chiefly US : to remove (someone) from a job or position免去职务；辞退；使失业 3
: to move (something) so that it is no longer in its original or regular location or position搬动；挪动；转移 -
farming practices that displace large amounts of soil使土壤大量流失的农耕方式
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(technical) The ship displaces 20,000 tons (of water).这艘船的排水量为2万吨。