displace

verb

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 撤职；免职；使失业
   to remove sb from a job or position
   1. displaced workers
      被辞退的工人

1. VERB 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.
   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。
2. VERB 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.
   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

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。
3. In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced
   仅在欧洲就有3,000万人被迫背井离乡。
4. 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。
5. Bob will displace you.
   鲍伯会取代你。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Or, he will displace Reason with Appetite, such as the unsatiable greed for riches or power.
   或者他们要用嗜好来代替理性，诸如对财富或权力的贪得无厌。
10. But industry experts believe the low-cost devices will displace other computers.
    然而，行业分析人士认为，低价电脑将取代其它电脑。
11. It involved using private American banking resources to displace European concession-aires and creditors.
    这就要用美国私人银行资本取代欧洲的特许权所有者和债权人。
12. 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。
13. Why do you displace your anger on me? I have nothing to do with the matter.
    你为什么把气出到我头上？我与这件事毫无关系。
14. 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。
15. China likely to displace Germany as top exporter.
    中国将取代德国成为世界第一大出口国。
16. Indeed, it is able to displace water and thus adhere to surfaces in aqueous solutions.
    实际上，它能替换周围的水，因而能在水溶液中仍然附着于主体之上。
17. It seems unlikely to press for the euro to displace the dollar reflecting Chinese doubts about the eurozone economy.
    要求用欧元取代美元似乎不太可能，这反映出中国对于欧元区经济的疑虑。
18. China is competing to displace India as the world's largest diamond processing centre.
    中国正在和印度竞争以成为世界最大的钻石加工中心。
19. 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。
20. Dr Abrahams thinks it possible that fast-growing salmon could displace the natural sort in places where predators are rare.
    亚伯拉罕博士认为在食肉的天敌很少出没的地方快速生长的鲑鱼可能会取代自然生长的同类。
21. The aspirant rich do not displace the very rich from the best houses but they make the very rich pay more for them.
    有抱负成为富人的人，没有将那些非常富有的人从最好的房子中挤出去，但他们让那些非常富有的人为房子付了更多的钱。
22. Their phenomenal growth allows them to overwhelm and displace existing vegetation and form dense one-species stands.
    它们非凡的生长能力让它们超过和替代已存在的植被，并形成茂盛单一物种的植被。
23. 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。
24. Alas for Europe, no myth can displace political and economic realities for long.
    不过对欧洲而言，任何奇谈都无法长期取代政治和经济现实。
25. Remove or displace from a position.
    从一个位置移走或转移。
26. How much water I displace by getting into the tub?@ he asked himself.
    “我浸到大盆里以后，究竟有多少水排了出去？”他自言自语道。
27. The fundamental truth was that China can no more displace the US than the US can contain China.
    贝克说，根本的事实是，中国既不能取代美国，而美国也不能遏制中国。
28. Turn left and go straight on. remove or displace from a position.
    左转弯然后笔直走。从一个位置移走或转移。
29. Bronze provided serviceable tools and weapons, though it could not displace stone tools;
    青铜可以制造有用的工具和武器，但是并不能排挤掉石器；
30. The methods of industrialism displace the handicrafts.
    工业化的方式取代了手工操作。

  replace displace substitute【导航词义：替代，取代】

  replace v. 取代，更换

〔辨析〕普通用词，可以指取代、替换某人的工作，也可指用新的物品替代旧的、坏的物品。

  displace v. 取代，替代

〔辨析〕指取代、替换某人或某物的位置。

  substitute v. 替代，替换

〔辨析〕指用新的或不同的东西代替原来的，也指代理某人的职位或替代球员，常后接介词 for。

verb

1. 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

2. cause to move, usually with force or pressure
   1. the refugees were displaced by the war

3. 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

4. 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