evacuate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area. 疏散; 使…撤离
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country. 他们当时在计划将仍在那个国家的70位美国官员撤离。
2. evacuationN-VAR 疏散; 撤离
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded. …伤病员的撤离。
An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week. 该市400万居民的撤离计划本周晚些时候进行。
3. V-T If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous. (尤指因为危险而) 撤离
The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. 这场大火威胁着约六十个家庭，居民已经撤离了该地区。
4. evacuationN-VAR 撤离
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. …波斯尼亚的斯雷布雷尼察镇大撤离。
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evacuate /ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ (evacuating,evacuated,evacuates)
剑桥词典
- to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe
（把人从危险的地方）撤离，撤出，疏散，转移
The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion . 在爆炸前不久，警察将这个村庄里的人全都疏散了。
A thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the floods . 洪水爆发后，有1000人撤离了他们的家园。
When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes , we were told to evacuate. 当有毒烟雾开始朝我们住宅区方向飘移时，我们被通知撤离。 返回 evacuate