dislocation
n. [医]脱位,脱臼; [物]位错; 混乱,紊乱; [地]断层
Dislocation is a situation in which something such as a system, process, or way of life is greatly disturbed or prevented from continuing as normal.
Millions of refugees have suffered a total dislocation of their lives.
无数的难民饱受生活颠沛流离之苦。
1. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
2. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue;
3. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Millions of refugees have suffered a total dislocation of their lives.
无数的难民饱受生活颠沛流离之苦。
A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.
医生能使骨折或脱臼复位.
The storm caused considerable dislocation of air traffic.
风暴使得空中交通大乱.
He came in the hospital with a dislocation of the shoulder.
他因肩关节脱臼而住院.
Here all seems fallen asunder, in wide - yawning dislocation.
这里似乎一切都陷入了崩裂, 天塌地陷般地混乱.