evacuate

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. 他們當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. (尤指因為危險而) 撤離

The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. 這場大火威脅著約六十個家庭，居民已經撤離了該地區(qū)。

4. evacuationN-VAR 撤離

...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. …波斯尼亞的斯雷布雷尼察鎮(zhèn)大撤離。