1VERB 取代;代替;置換 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. 取代;代替;置換
These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange. [VERB noun]
這些工廠已取代旅遊業成爲該國最大的外匯來源。
Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power. [VERB noun]
煤炭將讓位於天然氣和核能。
2VERB [usually passive]迫使…離開家園;迫使…遷徙;迫使…背井離鄉 If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live. 迫使…離開家園;迫使…遷徙;迫使…背井離鄉
In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced. [beVERB-ed]
僅在歐洲就有3,000萬人被迫背井離鄉。
Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes. [VERB-ed]
許多因戰亂而流離失所的百姓將無法重返家園。
...the task of resettling refugees and displaced persons. [VERB-ed]