evacuating

柯林斯词典

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…撤离
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country. 他们当时在计划将仍在那个国家的70位美国官员撤离。
2. evacuationN-VAR 疏散; 撤离
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded. …伤病员的撤离。
An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week. 该市400万居民的撤离计划本周晚些时候进行。
3. V-T If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous. (尤指因为危险而) 撤离
The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. 这场大火威胁着约六十个家庭，居民已经撤离了该地区。
4. evacuationN-VAR 撤离
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. …波斯尼亚的斯雷布雷尼察镇大撤离。