词汇 | displace |
释义 | displace 1 ENTRIES FOUND: displace (verb) displace /dɪˈspleɪs/ verb displaces; displaced; displacing displace /dɪˈspleɪs/ verb displaces; displaced; displacing Learner's definition of DISPLACE [+ object] 1 : 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。 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。 The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.飓风使镇上的大多数居民无家可归。 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 The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.工厂倒闭使很多工人失业。 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 (technical) The ship displaces 20,000 tons (of water).这艘船的排水量为2万吨。 — displaced adjective a crisis involving thousands of displaced persons/people [=people who have been forced to leave the area/country where they live]令数千人流离失所的危机 |
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