displaces

英 [dɪsˈpleɪsɪz]

美 [dɪsˈpleɪsɪz]

v.  取代; 替代; 置换; 迫使(某人)离开家园; 移动; 挪开; 转移
displace的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• A symbol of our current indifference is that filling up a single tankful of a sport utility vehicle with corn-based ethanol displaces enough calories to feed one Egyptian farmer for a whole year.
  给一辆SUV加满玉米乙醇所耗费的卡路里就足以养活一个埃及农民一整年，从中就可以看出我们现时的冷漠。
• Zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids.
  锌置换了稀酸中的氢。
• A ship displaces a certain amount of water.
  船都有一定的排水量。
• As a ship gets heavier, it displaces more and more water.
  随着轮船重量增加，它的排水量就越来越大。
• But I have noticed that you and your family seem less than happy of late* What is it about my presence in your home that displaces you, Lucius?
  但我发现你和你的家人好像不太开心啊，是因为我出现在你家感到不开心了么，卢修斯？
• They should not bring much rise in the sea level, since floating ice obeys Archimedes's principle and displaces its own mass of water.
  海平面不会大幅升高，因为浮冰遵循阿基米德定律，排开的海水量与自身的含水量相同。
• Creeping environmental deterioration already displaces 10m people a year.
  环境不断恶化已导致每年有1000万人流离失所。
• No point displaces only within the main section, so there are no main sections.
  没有一个点的移动只在主断面内进行，因此这里不存在主断面。
• Public spending just displaces private.
  公共支出只不过是取代了私人支出。
• Infiltration of fat may be quite serious, because the fat displaces functioning cells.
  脂肪浸润可能是相当严重的事，因为脂肪取代了工作细胞。