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…撤離
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country. 他們儅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. (尤指因爲危險而) 撤離
The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. 這場大火威脇著約六十個家庭，居民已經撤離了該地區。
4. evacuationN-VAR 撤離
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. …波斯尼亞的斯雷佈雷尼察鎮大撤離。