displace
verb [often passive] (formal)to take the place of somebody/something 取代；替代；置換 to force people to move away from their home to another place 迫使（某人）離開家園 - be displaced (by something)
Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting. 大約 1 萬人因戰爭而背井離鄉。 - displace somebody
If the dam is built it will displace 100 000 people. 如果大壩建成，將使10萬人流離失所。
- be displaced (by something)
to move something from its usual position 移動；挪開；轉移 - displace somebody (especially North American English)
to remove somebody from a job or position 撤職；免職；使失業 displaced workers 辭退的工人
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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；置換
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer.