displace
verb [often passive] (formal)to take the place of somebody/something 取代；替代；置换 to force people to move away from their home to another place 迫使（某人）离开家园 - be displaced (by something)
Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting. 大约 1 万人因战争而背井离乡。 - displace somebody
If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people. 如果大坝建成，将使10万人流离失所。
- be displaced (by something)
to move something from its usual position 移动；挪开；转移 - displace somebody (especially North American English)
to remove somebody from a job or position 撤职；免职；使失业 displaced workers 辞退的工人
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physics 物理 to take the place of an amount of liquid when put or floating in it, used as a way of measuring size 取代；替代；置换
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer.