1. 取代;代替;置换
If one thing displaces another, it forces the other thing out of its place, position, or role, and then occupies that place, position, or role itself.
displace是什么意思
e.g. These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange...
这些工厂已取代旅游业成为该国最大的外汇来源。
e.g. Coal is to be displaced by natural gas and nuclear power.
煤炭将让位于天然气和核能。
2. 迫使…离开家园;迫使…迁徙;迫使…背井离乡
If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to moved away from the area where they live.
displace
e.g. In Europe alone thirty million people were displaced...
仅在欧洲就有3,000万人被迫背井离乡。
e.g. Most of the civilians displaced by the war will be unable to return to their homes.
许多因战乱而流离失所的百姓将无法重返家园。