| 单词 | displacement |
| 释义 | displacement (once / 3229 pages) 1n 2n Displacement occurs when one party unfairly or inappropriately replaces another. If you arrive at work to find someone else sitting at your desk, you might want to complain to your boss about your recent displacement. Displacement can be a depressing topic, given that it often involves people being forced to leave somewhere where they belong. However, for a more cheerful take on this word, put your foot in the bathtub and watch the water level rise. Scientifically speaking, your foot is causing displacement of the water. It was this observation that led Archimedes to develop his famous principle about buoyancy (and, perhaps more famously, to run through the streets naked in celebration). WORD FAMILYdisplacement: displacements+/displace: displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing/implacable: implacably/misplace: misplaced, misplacement, misplaces, misplacing/misplacement: misplacements/placable: implacable, placably/place: displace, misplace, placable, placeable, placed, placement, places, placing/placed: unplaced/placement: placements USAGE EXAMPLESThe average length of displacement is just over 10 years and for those displaced by conflict, the figure rises to 17 years. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Most are now in displacement camps in the neighboring Kurdish region and south of Mosul. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Proponents and opponents of a University District upzone are telling very different stories about potential displacement. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n to move something from its natural environment Syn|Hyper deracination movement the act of changing the location of something 2n an event in which something is displaced without rotation Syn|Hypo|Hyper shift amplitude (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave luxationdisplacement or misalignment of a joint or organ subluxationpartial displacement of a joint or organ translation a uniform movement without rotation 3n act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics Syn|Hyper supplanting replacement, replacing the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another 4n act of removing from office or employment Hyper rejection the act of rejecting something 5n (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound Syn|Hyper displacement reaction chemical reaction, reaction (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others 6n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one 2Hypo|Hyper transference (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst countertransferencethe psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires n the act of uniform movement Syn|Hyper translation motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another |
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