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evacuate
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- Conjugation :
past
evacuated
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ing
evacuating
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Derivatives :
n
evacuator
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adj
evacuative
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- evacuate
[ɪ'vækjueɪt]
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1.
vt.
[+people]
疏散
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2.
vt.
[+place]
撤离
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- evacuate
[ɪˈvækjʊeɪt]
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1.
vt.
使撤退,使撤离
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After the earthquake,residents were evacuated.
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地震之后,居民都撤离了。
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2.
vt.
排空,使变空
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3.
verb
[Military]
疏散,转移
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4.
vt.
抽空,使真空
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5.
verb
排泄,排出
Collins English-English Dictionary
- evacuate
[ɪ'vækjυ"eɪt]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
[also intr]
to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
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2.
vb
to make empty by removing the contents of
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3.
vb
[also intr]
[physiol]
to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
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4.
vb
to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
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6.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin evacuare to void, from vacuus empty
Examples
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During early evening a ship drew alongside to evacuate most of the 778 Japanese soldiers on board.
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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。
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A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
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炸弹恐吓让他们撤出了建筑物。
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把伤员撤走
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evacuate the wounded
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撤离一座城市
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evacuate a city
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记者们必须撤离战区。
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The journalists have to evacuate the war zone.
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