/ɪˈvækjueɪt ||; ɪˈvækjυˌet/verb
[T] to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer; to leave a place because it is dangerous (把人)从危险的地方撤走,疏散:
Thousands of people were evacuated from the war zone.战区有成千上万人被疏散了。The village had to be evacuated when the river burst its banks.河水决堤,全村上下都要疏散。 ➔evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃn ||; ɪˌvækjυˈeʃən/ noun [C,U]
evacuateevacuateevacuatesevacuatedevacuatingverb (evacuates, evacuating, evacuated)to take people away from a dangerous place to a safer place: The area near the factory was evacuated after the explosion.▶ evacuationevacuationevacuationsnoun: the evacuation of cities during the war