displacing
present participle ofdisplace
| 单词 | displacing |
| 释义 | displacing present participle ofdisplace displace verb[T] uk/dɪˈspleɪs/us/dɪˈspleɪs/C1 toforcesomething out ofitsusualororiginalposition: Theblowdisplaced the woman'seardrumandleftherpartiallydeaf. toforcesomeone toleavetheirhome: Thebuildingof a newdamwill displace thousands ofpeoplewholivein thisarea. See also displaced person tostartto be usedinsteadof something or someoneelse; toreplacesomething or someone: Contemporary technoscience haslargelydisplaced these earlythermodynamicprinciples. The nextstep, theunionfears, is forcontractorstostartfittingpartsontoplaneson theline, displacing well-paidworkers.
Emitting and ejecting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Homelessness Runaways and refugees Replacing and exchanging Examplesofdisplacingdisplacing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Given sufficient processing time, would the postverbal noun be successful indisplacingthe filler as theme, regardless of its plausibility? From theCambridge English Corpus Once the exclusive domain of women, childbirth practices are now dominated by a largely male obstetric workforce,displacingthe traditionally female dominated practice of midwifery. From theCambridge English Corpus Consider the steady movement of a fluid meniscusdisplacingair or its own vapour in a circular capillary. From theCambridge English Corpus The foreign locus of decisionmaking also creates opportunities fordisplacingor at least sharing blame when politically unpopular decisions are taken. From theCambridge English Corpus It was a trial at which spectators jostled for seats,displacingfamily members from a privileged row behind the accused woman. From theCambridge English Corpus Others were dispersed, pushed southward,displacingyet others in their turn. From theCambridge English Corpus This later tableau of cultivated leisure has the calculated effect ofdisplacingthe sovereign observer from the scene he surveys. From theCambridge English Corpus Coherent and incoherent motion processingdisplacingthe single dots in randomly chosen directions at different speeds. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, industrial machinery wasdisplacingmany skilled workers and artisans, cigar rollers and tinsmiths, for example. From theCambridge English Corpus This is particularly so in regions with dense and fast-growing human populations, where expanding settlements, crops and livestock aredisplacingwildlife at an ever-increasing rate. From theCambridge English Corpus In the seventeenth century ' modes of urbanity ' spread into the countryside,displacingolder rituals of hospitality even among rustic gentry. From theCambridge English Corpus It does this either by floating free of the given world or bydisplacingthe apparent objects to which it pays attention. From theCambridge English Corpus Typically, intrapericardial teratomas are located anteriorly and to the right of the heart and great vessels, oftendisplacingthe heart leftward and posterior. From theCambridge English Corpus The industry's response was to modify both advertising and product design in a way that attempted to temper health concerns withoutdisplacingactual demand. From theCambridge English Corpus The deflection of the light was simulated bydisplacingthe beam stop away from the laser focal spot, perpendicular to the laser direction. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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