/dɪsˈpleɪs ||; dɪsˈples/verb[T] 1 to remove and take the place of sb/sth 取代: Sampras was finally displaced as the top tennis player in the world. 桑普拉斯头号网球种子选手的地位终于被人替代。
2 to force sb/sth to move from the usual or correct place 迫使…离开原位:
refugees displaced by the war 在战争中背井离乡的难民 ➔displacement noun [U]