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dislocation

/dis-loh-key-shuhn/US // ˌdɪs loʊˈkeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdɪsləˈkeɪʃən) //

脱位,错位,脱臼,移位

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of dislocating.
    • : the state of being dislocated.
    • : Crystallography. a line about which there is a discontinuity in the lattice structure.Compare defect.

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Examples

  • We meet parents who have suffered unspeakable tragedy and dislocation, and now grapple with grueling night work, and low or no pay.

  • You’re not going to see that kind of dislocation — that’s not in the plans.

  • While on the media side, the same kind of dislocation occurred, with media companies looking to fill ad inventory.

  • After multiple dislocations in the winter of 2018, I needed surgery on both shoulders, so my ski season ended early.

  • As we think of coming out of this pandemic, which we know is causing a lot of dislocation, we will turn to community colleges for training programs and other short-term certificates in order to help those workers adapt to the changing labor market.

  • One feels the same sense of dislocation reading Zweig, his world is indeed a “world of yesterday”.

  • Surviving the cultural and social dislocation is possible as she uses her past as a source of emotional strength.

  • During the height of the crisis, Westergaard described the disorientation and dislocation of living under guard.

  • But a sudden removal of resources without a long-term plan in place will lead to serious social dislocation.

  • He foresaw violence, bloodshed, public anarchy, economic dislocation, and defeat for him and the Democrats in the coming election.

  • But while the tenth man still labors, the machine, though creaking with its dislocation, can still go on.

  • Even a minor dislocation breaks down a certain part of the machinery of society.

  • Sunshine blazed from Leonti's eyes, he smiled so broadly that even the hair on his brow stirred with the dislocation caused.

  • There is in the base h somewhat less chance of accidental dislocation, and somewhat greater solidity and weight.

  • For here all seems fallen asunder, in wide-yawning dislocation.