displace

KK [dɪˋsples] /dɪˈspleɪs/

動詞

  1. 1

    取代、替代

    Streaming services have largely displaced rental stores.

    串流服務大致上已取代了影片出租店。

  2. 2

    使流離失所、迫使遷離常用被動

    Thousands of families were displaced by the flooding.

    數千戶家庭因水患而流離失所。

  3. 3

    使移位、移動

    The earthquake displaced several sections of the railway track.

    地震使好幾段鐵軌移位。

  4. 4

    排開

    A floating object displaces its own weight in water.

    漂浮的物體會排開與自身重量相等的水。

  5. 5

    免職、解職正式

    Two senior managers were displaced during the reorganization.

    在組織重整期間,兩名高階主管被免職。

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