1550s, from Middle French desplacer (15c.), from des- (see dis-) + placer "to place." Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person "refugee" is from 1944.
权威例句
1. At present , obviously, nevertheless, he was not likely to displace himself.
但时至今日, 很清楚, 他不可能再迁徙了.
2. Removing an existing tariff would clearly displace workers in import - competing industries.
免除某种现有关税显然会使与进口竞争的工业中的工人失业.
3. They seldom displace the purely indicating thermometers for direct.
它们很少能代替直读式温度计.
4. It involved using private American banking resources to displace European concession - aires and creditors.
这就要用美国私人银行资本取代欧洲的特许权所有者和债权人.
5. There also exists little evidence that immigrants displace native workers.