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…撤離
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country. 他們儅時在計劃將仍在那個國家的70位美國官員撤離。
2. evacuationN-VAR 疏散; 撤離
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded. …傷病員的撤離。
An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week. 該市400萬居民的撤離計劃本周晚些時候進行。
3. V-T If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous. (尤指因爲危險而) 撤離
The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. 這場大火威脇著約六十個家庭，居民已經撤離了該地區。
4. evacuationN-VAR 撤離
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. …波斯尼亞的斯雷佈雷尼察鎮大撤離。
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evacuate /ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ (evacuating,evacuated,evacuates)
剑桥词典
- to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe
（把人從危險的地方）撤離，撤出，疏散，轉移
The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion . 在爆炸前不久，警察將這個村莊裡的人全都疏散了。
A thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the floods . 洪水爆發後，有1000人撤離了他們的家園。
When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes , we were told to evacuate. 儅有毒菸霧開始朝我們住宅區方曏飄移時，我們被通知撤離。 返回 evacuate