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  • Conjugation : past  evacuated ; ing  evacuating
  • Derivatives : n  evacuator ; adj  evacuative
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

evacuate [ɪ'vækjueɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [+people] 疏散
  2. 2. vt. [+place] 撤离

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

evacuate [ɪˈvækjʊeɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 使撤退,使撤离
    After the earthquake,residents were evacuated.
    地震之后居民撤离了。
  2. 2. vt. 排空,使变空
  3. 3. verb [Military] 疏散转移
  4. 4. vt. 抽空,使真空
  5. 5. verb 排泄排出

Collins English-English Dictionary

evacuate [ɪ'vækjυ"eɪt]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] [also intr] to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
  2. 2. vb to make empty by removing the contents of
  3. 3. vb [also intr] [physiol] to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
  4. 4. vb to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
  6. 6. vt. [Etymology] C16: from Latin evacuare to void, from vacuus empty

Examples

During early evening a ship drew alongside to evacuate most of the 778 Japanese soldiers on board.
清晨一艘船停靠了过来,从甲板上的778名日本士兵中转移出了大部分。
A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
炸弹恐吓让他们撤出了建筑物。
把伤员撤走
evacuate the wounded
撤离一座城市
evacuate a city
记者们必须撤离战区。
The journalists have to evacuate the war zone.

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