evacuate /ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ CET6 TEM8 ( evacuating, evacuated, evacuates )

• 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

  例：

  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. 

  evacuation N-VAR 疏散; 撤离

  例：

  ...the evacuation of the sick and wounded.

  …伤病员的撤离。

  例：

  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

  例：

  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. 

  evacuation N-VAR 撤离

  例：

  ...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

  …波斯尼亚的斯雷布雷尼察镇大撤离。