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displaced person

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Citizenship
disˌplaced ˈperson noun (plural displaced persons) [countable] technical  PGCsomeone who has been forced to leave their country because of war or cruel treatment 难民;流亡者 SYN refugee
Examples from the Corpus
displaced personThe elation of witnessing birth may be followed by a sense of disorientation at being a displaced person.By now she had the look of a refugee, a displaced person.
disˌplaced ˈperson nounChineseSyllable
who to their been country because Corpus has leave forced someone


displaced person
disˌplaced ˈperson noun (plural displaced persons) [countable] technical
someone who has been forced to leave their country because of war or cruel treatment
   SYN  refugee


displaced personBrE /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːsn/ 🔊NAmE /dɪsˌpleɪst ˈpɜːrsn/ 🔊 noun (
plural
displaced persons
)
(specialist)
a refugee 难民;流亡者