Verb:
cause to move, usually with force or pressure;the refugees were displaced by the war
take the place of or have precedence over;live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;Move those boxes into the corner, please
I'm moving my money to another bank
The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
replace，substitute，displace这些动词均含“替代、取代”之意。
replace最普通用词，指任何形式的替代，尤指以新的替代旧的、老的和坏的等，指人指物均可。
substitute指某人因故不在时，由别人代理其职，有时也可指由一物去代替另一物。
displace侧重指用另外的人或物强行取代并非称职的人或无用之物，指人时往往暗含带不满情绪的意味。
直接源自古法语的desplacer，意为使离开原来的地方。
用作动词 v.
～+名词displace the horse取代马displace the motion取代电影～+副词displace forcibly强行取代displace practically实际取代
近义词 fire火can可以move移动oust逐出sack袋子bump碰撞shift移动depose废黜replace取代succeed成功disturb扰乱dismiss开除dislodge逐出transfer转移supplant 取代supersede取代cashier出纳员terminate结束send away派遣unseat使……退职deracinate根除uproot连根拔起dislocate使脱臼give notice通知relocate重新装置substitute代用品force out挤出去give the sack解雇preempt以优先购买权获得…
用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.The mayor displaced the police chief.市长把警察局局长撤换了。
The war has displaced thousands of people.战争使成千上万的人背井离乡。
He was displaced by another young man.他已被另一个年轻人顶替。
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用作动词Weeds tend todisplaceother plants.杂草越来越多，有取代其他植物之势。
Moderates havedisplacedthe extremists on the committee.在委员会中，稳健派人士取代了激进派人士。
Please don'tdisplacemy dictionaries.请别动我的词典。
The indigenous population was soondisplacedby the settlers.没过多久，外来移民就把当地人赶出了家园。 What of the criticism that these workers are displacing native scientists who would have been just as inventive?
关于这些工作者正在替代本国的科学家就如替代创新一样的指责是什么？ ecocn
A new “ hybrid wolf” closely descended from wild animals is displacing more traditional dog breeds as family pets in the UK and the US, according to the Daily Telegraph.
据《每日电讯报》报道，一种由野生动物繁殖而来的“混血狼”正日益取代传统的纯种狗而成为英美家庭的新型宠物。 www.chinadaily.com.cn
According to the Banker, Bank of America, which bought Merrill Lynch during the crisis, became the largest bank in the world by this measure in2009, displacing JPMorgan Chase.
据《银行家》，按照该标准，在危机期间收购了美林证券公司的美国银行于2009年取代摩根大通成为世界最大银行。 ecocn
But this study shows that China, after displacing the UK as the world's second leading producer of research, could go on to overtake America in as little as two years' time.
然而这份研究显示，中国在取代英国成为科研产出世界第二后，可能继续在仅仅两年时间内就超过美国。 yeeyan
It could also be displacing other, sweeter drinks that the dieters might consume.
当然也可以用其他东西来代替水，甜饮料就可以满足节食者们。 hjenglish
Last year, she sensed that video games were displacing other interests and narrowing his social interactions.
去年，她感觉视频游戏替代了他其它的兴趣，限制了他的社交。 yeeyan
Last year China became the world’s biggest manufacturer, displacing America from a position it had held for more than a century.
就在去年，美国霸占了超过一个世纪的世界最大制造商的地位被中国取而代之。 ecocn
Displacing such a formidable machine will be extremely difficult.
将这样一部强大的机器移走将是极其困难的。 blog.sina.com.cn