dislocation
n. [醫]脫位,脫臼; [物]位錯; 混亂,紊亂; [地]斷層
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.
無數的難民飽受生活顛沛流離之苦。
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.
無數的難民飽受生活顛沛流離之苦。
A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.
醫生能使骨折或脫臼復位.
The storm caused considerable dislocation of air traffic.
風暴使得空中交通大亂.
He came in the hospital with a dislocation of the shoulder.
他因肩關節脫臼而住院.
Here all seems fallen asunder, in wide - yawning dislocation.
這裡似乎一切都陷入了崩裂, 天塌地陷般地混亂.