• vt. 取代；置换；转移；把…免职；排水

dis-, 不，非，使相反。place, 地方。即放在别的地方，取代。

displace (v.)

1550s, from Middle French desplacer (15c.), from des- (see dis-) + placer "to place." Related: Displaced; displacing. Displaced person "refugee" is from 1944.

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.

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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.

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3. They seldom displace the purely indicating thermometers for direct.

它们很少能代替直读式温度计.

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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.

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5. There also exists little evidence that immigrants displace native workers.

也没有证据证明移民会冲击当地人的就业.

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