displace

1. V-T 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. 取代

These factories have displaced tourism as the country's largest source of foreign exchange. 這些工廠已經(jīng)取代了旅游業(yè)而成為該國最大的外匯來源。

2. V-T If a person or group of people is displaced, they are forced to move away from the area where they live. 使背井離鄉(xiāng)[usu passive]

More than 600,000 people were displaced by the tsunami. 超過60萬人被海嘯搞得背井離鄉(xiāng)。