evacuate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++e·vac·u·ate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/ verb 1 [transitive]SEND to send people away from a dangerous place to a safe place 撤离，撤出evacuate somebody from/to something Several families were evacuated from their homes. 好几户人家从家里撤出。 During the war he was evacuated to Scotland. 战争期间他被撤离到苏格兰。2 [intransitive, transitive]EMPTY to empty a place by making all the people leave 使所有人撤离(某地)，撤空(某地) Police evacuated the area. 警方将该地区人员全部疏散。 The order was given to evacuate. 下达了撤离的命令。3. [transitive] formal to empty your bowels 排泄〔粪便〕 —evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] the evacuation of British troops from the area 英国军队撤离该地区 Police ordered the evacuation of the building. 警方下令所有人从大楼撤离。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

evacuate• He then waited until another officer took control before allowing himself to be evacuated.• Why the chamber should have decided to evacuate after half-a-million years stability remains a matter of conjecture.• The stock exchange was quickly evacuated after receiving a bomb threat.• Terra, 60 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, was evacuated as the fires threatened to spread.• We had to evacuate because they were afraid it was going to crack.• A five-block area had to be evacuated following the discovery of 500 pounds of dynamite in a house.• Besides, he knew in his heart of hearts evacuating Heymouth was the right thing to do.• Local residents were evacuated in case there needed to be a controlled explosion.• Police evacuated the immediate area and began a meticulous search for other bombs after the second explosion.• Last month, 400 Pittsburg residents had to be evacuated when a train hauling military explosives derailed.• Part of the village was evacuated while Army bomb experts made safe the device.Origin evacuate (1300-1400) Latin past participle of evacuare, from vacuus “empty”