核心畫面

A way to think of it: something is pushed out of the spot where it belongs. Dis- + place — take it off its place.

「把東西從它原本待的位置擠出去」:本來有個東西好好待在某個位置上,另一股力量進來,它就被推開了。dis-(離開)+ 更多收起「把東西從它原本待的位置擠出去」:本來有個東西好好待在某個位置上,另一股力量進來,它就被推開了。dis-(離開)+ place(位置),字面就是「離開原位」。這個畫面裡永遠有兩件事在爭同一個位置——被推走的那個是被動的,它不是自己想離開。

From the word’s history

From Middle French desplacer: des- 'away' + place 'place' — literally to put out of place.

來自中古法語 desplacer:des-(離開、去除)+ place(位置),字面就是「使離開原位」。今天所有用法都還踩在這個字面意思上,只是被擠走的東西從一塊石頭換成一群人、或一種舊技術。

Middle French desplacer (French déplacer), as given in the entry's origin note

Three branches

實體被擠開

最字面的一層:一個有形的東西被外力推離原本的位置。

force out of position · verb · C1

To force something out of its usual place or position.

使移位

人被迫離開原居地

被擠出位置的換成一群人,位置換成他們原本生活的地方。

force people from their home · verb · C1

To make a group of people or animals leave the place where they normally live, because they are forced to go.

使流離失所

位置被別人接手

這裡的重點從「被推走的那個」轉到「進來佔位置的那個」,但擠開的動作是同一個。

take the place of · verb · C1

To take the place or position of something or someone, so that the first one is no longer used or no longer there.

取代

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

displaceverb/dɪsˈpleɪs/

  • 1

    To put out of place; to disarrange.

  • 2

    To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

    • Manipur: Thousands displaced as ethnic clashes grip north-eastern state
  • 3

    To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.

  • 4

    To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.

    • Electronic calculators soon displaced the older mechanical kind.
    • All have gone the same way, and since the war have displaced up-to-date steam power on all their principal services by the all-conquering diesel.
  • 5

    To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.

  • 6

    human-sciencespsychologysciencesTo repress.

    • Freud considered shyness to be evidence of displaced narcissism.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。