| 词汇 | displacement-activity |
| 释义 | displacement activity noun[ C or U ] psychology specializeduk /dɪˈspleɪs.mənt ækˌtɪv.ɪ.ti/ us /dɪˈspleɪs.mənt ækˌtɪv.ə.t̬i/ an unnecessary activity that you do because you are trying to delay doing a more difficult or unpleasant activity: 为逃避（困难或不愉快）职责而做的事情 When I was studying for my exams I used to clean the house as a displacement activity.我在准备考试时常常会通过打扫房间来拖延学习时间。 Acting and acts (your) every moveidiom act act for someone act/do something on your own responsibilityidiom ADL agency ant beat er execution exercise in something exploit move put your money where your mouth isidiom responsibility role-play rot step stuff talk Examples of displacement activitydisplacement activity Does hyperactivity, a constant grin and wild chatter indicate cheerfulness or mania, or is it displacementactivity that masks insecurity or several, or all, or none of these? Everything else is what psychologists call displacementactivity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a phenomenon in the animal kingdom that is known to zoologists as displacementactivity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alcohol on flights is not there to help; it is a displacementactivity to make one feel better and to counteract the fear of plunging from the sky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dancing may also be a displacementactivity when the nest or young are threatened. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Displacement activities may also occur when animals are prevented from performing a single behaviour for which they are highly motivated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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