evict

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++e·vict /ɪˈvɪkt/ verb [transitive] FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto tell someone legally that they must leave the house they are living in 〔依法从房屋里〕驱逐，赶走evict somebody from something They were unable to pay the rent, and were evicted from their home. 他们付不起房租，所以被赶出了门。be/get evicted They refused to leave and were forcibly evicted (=evicted by force). 他们拒绝离开，结果被强行赶走。5All attempts to have them evicted so far have been unsuccessful.到目前为止已多次试图将他们赶走，但均未成功。n attempts to have them evicted —eviction /ɪˈvɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] The family now faces eviction from their home. 这家人现正面临被赶出家门的处境。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

evict• But for twenty years a south hereford district council has tried to get them evicted.• Twenty years ago, the police were coming down the street to evict everybody.• They had been evicted for non-payment of rent.• Her mother, who has now been evicted from her home too, is staying with friends.• Frank was evicted from his apartment four months ago.• With a mixture of threats and promises, Halvorsen managed to evict his determined offspring, and led Floyd into the office.• Thumbelina, evicted, lived in the woods for the entire summer until winter.• Rabbits are not territorial creatures to the extent of evicting other rabbits moving into their home ground from further afield.• If we are evicted we'll have nowhere to go.• One man was evicted when he was discovered to be carrying two small cans of paint.• It is the building society who's evicting you, Mr Travers, not your landlord.be/get evicted• That must be a comforting thought for a family about to be evicted.• Then my two boys got evicted.• The first was from a destitute young woman about to be evicted and threatening to gas her four children, then herself.• Since she was going to be evicted any moment, she hadn't seen much point in unpacking anything else.• They won't be evicted as they plan to leave.• Stoats generally construct their own small-diameter breeding chambers underground but I have known a stoat to be evicted from burrows by ferrets.• Tenant farmers with a year's rent arrears might be evicted on a fortnight's notice.• They belong to the countryside and were they to be evicted the countryside itself would cease to exist.From Longman Business Dictionaryevicte‧vict /ɪˈvɪkt/ verb [transitive]LAW to legally force someone to leave the house they are living in or land they are living onThey were evicted from their home for not paying the rent. —eviction noun [countable, uncountable]Foreclosure and eviction are nothing new in mortgage lending.→ See Verb tableOrigin evict (1500-1600) Latin past participle of evincere; → EVINCE