evacuate
verb- [transitive]
to move people from a place of danger to a safer place （把人从危险的地方）疏散，转移，撤离 - evacuate something
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 - evacuate somebody (from…) (to…)
Children were evacuated from London to escape the bombing. 为躲避轰炸，孩子们都撤离了伦敦。 Families were evacuated to safer parts of the city. 家庭被疏散到城市较安全的地方。
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerc1, War and conflictc1Every police unit has been ordered to evacuate all civilians. 所有警察部队奉命疏散全体平民。 Helicopters were used to evacuate people from their homes. 动用了直升机把人们从居所撤离。 The man has now been safely evacuated to the mainland. 那个人已被安全撤离到大陆。 to provide aircraft to help evacuate refugees 提供飞机帮助疏散难民
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- immediately
- safely
- successfully
- …
- help (to)
- need to
- order somebody to
- …
- from
- to
- evacuate something
- [transitive, intransitive] evacuate (something)
to move out of a place because of danger, and leave the place empty （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空 Employees were urged to evacuate their offices immediately. 已敦促各雇员立即从办公室撤出。 Locals were told to evacuate. 当地居民已收到撤离的通知。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- immediately
- safely
- successfully
- …
- help (to)
- need to
- order somebody to
- …
- from
- to
- [transitive] evacuate something (formal)
to empty your bowels 排空（胃肠）；排泄（粪便）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘clear the contents of’): from Latin evacuat- ‘(of the bowels) emptied’, from the verb evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.