displace
displace
verb
verb
- [with obj.]take over the place, position, or role of (someone or something)
取代；代替
in the northern states of India, Hindi has largely displaced English.
在印度的北方诸省，印地语在很大程度上已经取代了英语。
■cause (something) to move from its proper or usual place
移动…的位置
he seems to have displaced some vertebrae.
他好像脊椎骨错位了。
■(一般作be displaced)force (someone) to leave their home, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster
（尤指因战争、迫害或自然灾害）迫使（某人）离家
thousands of people have been displaced by the civil war.
成千上万的人因为内战而背井离乡。
■remove (someone) from a job or position of authority against their will
罢免；将（某人）免职
his aides were discredited and displaced.
他的助手受到怀疑并被免职。
- mid 16th cent.: from Old French desplacer
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