The new shopping mall may displace many small businesses in the area.
新购物中心可能会取代该地区的许多小企业。
The rising floodwaters began to ______ thousands of families from their homes.
C — displace. “displace” means v. to remove or drive out, especially to take the place of
displace — v. to remove or drive out, especially to take the place of. In Chinese: 取代, 取而代之.
displace is pronounced /dɪsˈpleɪs/. It breaks into 2 syllables: dis · place.
The new shopping mall may displace many small businesses in the area. (新购物中心可能会取代该地区的许多小企业。)
replace, remove, oust, evict — all close in meaning to displace (v. to remove or drive out, especially to take the place of).
Yes. displace appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
dis(separation) + place(position) → separated from the position → displace.