displace
单词辨析：
普通用词，可以指取代、替换某人的工作，也可指用新的物品替代旧的、坏的物品。
Who will replace Sam on the team?
谁将接替队里的萨姆？
Three of the bulbs have to be replaced.
其中3个灯泡必须得换下来。
They replaced the wooden chairs with plastic ones.
他们用塑料椅子来代替木头椅子。
指取代、替换某人或某物的位置。
He is ready to displace Gerrard in England's starting line-up.
他已经准备好接替杰拉德在英格兰队的首发位置。
Gradually, natural gas has displaced coal as a major source of energy.
天然气逐渐取代煤成为主要能源。
指用新的或不同的东西代替原来的，也指代理某人的职位或替代球员，常后接介词 for。
The chef said you could substitute ketchup for the vinegar.
主厨说过可以用番茄酱代替醋。
Who substituted for Susan when she was out sick?
苏珊生病没上班时，谁暂时接替了她的工作？
After 20 minutes on the field he had to be substituted.
上场20分钟后他不得不被替换下来。
相关例句：
How much water I displace by getting into the tub?@ he asked himself.
“我浸到大盆里以后，究竟有多少水排了出去？”他自言自语道。
But industry experts believe the low-cost devices will displace other computers.
然而，行业分析人士认为，低价电脑将取代其它电脑。
Removing an existing tariff would clearly displace workers in import-competing industries.
免除某种现有关税显然会使与进口竞争的工业中的工人失业。
Their phenomenal growth allows them to overwhelm and displace existing vegetation and form dense one-species stands.
它们非凡的生长能力让它们超过和替代已存在的植被，并形成茂盛单一物种的植被。
In two or three years China will displace Japan as America's closest economic rival.
在两至三年内，中国将取代日本，成为经济势力最接近美国的对手。
But ultimately it might only displace the problem elsewhere.
但是，最终这或许只能把问题转移到其他地区。