1VERB 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. 取代;代替;置换
These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
2VERB [usually passive]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. 迫使…离开家园;迫使…迁徙;迫使…背井离乡
In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced. [beVERB-ed]
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. [VERB-ed]
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. [VERB-ed]