[VERB 动词]取代;代替;置换 If one thing displaces another, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself.
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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。
Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
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[VERB 动词]迫使…离开家园;迫使…迁徙;迫使…背井离乡 If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live.
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In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced...
仅在欧洲就有3,000万人被迫背井离乡。
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。
...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons.
重新安置难民和无家可归者的任务
Oxford
dis·placeAWL/dɪsˈpleɪs; NAmEdɪsˈpleɪs/verb[often passive ]( formal) 1displacesb/sth to take the place of sb/sth 取代;替代;置换SYN
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◆Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.工厂的工人已逐渐被机器取代。◆( technical 术语) 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。2displacesb to force people to move away from their home to another place 迫使(某人)离开家园◆Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.大约 1 万人因战争而背井离乡。3displacesth to move sth from its usual position 移动;挪开;转移◆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。4displacesb ( especially NAmE) to remove sb from a job or position 撤职;免职;使失业◆displaced workers辞退的工人displacedisplacesdisplaceddisplacingdis·place/dɪsˈpleɪs; NAmEdɪsˈpleɪs/
1to take the place or position of something or someoneSYN replace: Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy. immigrants who displace US workers in the job market2to make a group of people or animals have to leave the place where they normally live: Fifty thousand people have been displaced by the fighting.3to force something out of its usual place or position: The water displaced by the landslides created a tidal wave.—displaced adjective
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