置き換える
解説 Definition
displacing は displace（置き換える、押しのける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。あるものが別のものの位置や役割を奪って代わりになる場合に使われます。
Displacing means forcing something out of its former position, role, or use and often taking its place. It can describe a physical object moving another object or a new technology or system gradually replacing an older one.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 displace「元の場所からどかす、置き換える」の語末の e を取って -ing を付けた形です。dis-「離して」＋ place「場所」と分け、何かを元の位置や役割から押し出す像を持ちましょう。machines displacing tasks や digital files displacing paper records の形が典型です。
Form displacing from displace by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Break the base word into dis- and place: something is being moved away from its original place, position, or role. Picture a large table displacing an old desk, or digital files gradually displacing paper records. The verb can involve physical movement, but it also describes replacement in work, technology, and society. Compared with replacing, displacing often emphasizes that the older thing is pushed aside or loses its former role.
例文
New machines are displacing some manual tasks.
新しい機械が一部の手作業を置き換えています。
The larger table is displacing the old desk.
より大きなテーブルが古い机に取って代わっています。
Digital files are gradually displacing paper records.
デジタルファイルが紙の記録を徐々に置き換えています。
displacing の類義語・関連語
displacing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
displacing は displace の現在分詞で、古フランス語 desplacer、さらにラテン語由来の place につながります。dis-「離して」+ place「場所」と分けられ、place や replace と同根なので、「元の位置からどかす」から「置き換える」へ意味が伸びました。
Displacing is the -ing form of displace. Displace entered English through French déplacer, built from a prefix meaning “away” or “apart” and place. Place came through French from Latin platea, referring to a broad street or open space. The literal sense of removing something from its place later expanded to include taking over its function, position, or social role.
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